Everyone here is talking about fandoms they left because the fans were toxic, but the worst fandom I've been in is that because I can't even think about it anymore without cringing: Channel Awesome. Just knowing what was going on behind the scenes makes me I wish I could refund the hours I spent watching the Nostalgia Critic.
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I hadn't thought about fandom's based around people rather than properties (ex. Movie/game series). I imagine a lot of people feel that way about late Rooster Teeth.
Don't worry. He remembers it, so you don't have to.
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Anything Anime. Used to watch a lot of it. Every now and then, when I get a recommendation, I still check some out. But holy hell, I will never again engage with any community. Never seen anything so toxic, standoffish and whiny at the same time.
The borderline pedophilia in so much anime is what turns me off. So many popular series are lolicon degeneracy but heavens forbid you try to call it out, or the anime fans come out in droves to tell you that you're an unappreciative normie who just doesn't get the themes and how profound they are.
I still watch some series, but I simply cannot engage with an anime community ever again.
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The Haruhi fandom forums back when season 2 premiered were a shitshow, even before Endless Eight. I tend to avoid anime fans on the internet after that. However, when the new Spice & Wolf season was airing, I ventured into some fan spaces and was surprised at how pleasant it was. Probably helps that the books and show are both pretty wholesome. Didn't even see much lusting after Holo. So it might just depend on the show.
It also depends on the community a lot. The anime community on lemmy (!anime@ani.social, shameless plug) has been super chill overall. I think it's in large part due to the lemmy userbase skewing older than your average social media user.
Probably the Roosterteeth community. Their content pretty much defined almost a decade of my life but the community was composed of some of the most toxic people I've ever encountered online.
Also, it's not a fandom but I used to browse an unhealthy amount of 4chan up to ~2017. Very strange crowd there
Very thankful for the untold number of hours of Funhaus I watched. Very thankful I never got too into the Fandom.
Tales from the Stinky Dragon is also awesome and a new Roosterteeth endeavor!
I need to catch up on it! I'm like months behind at this point.
A lot of the old groups are still making content. Shoutouts to Bruce Greene and Lawrence (and KassemG) from Funhaus/Inside Gaming are doing a letsplay channel called BroughtYouThisThing, it's probably the only reason I get on YouTube at all anymore.
Astrogoblin is also pretty good, it's Jacob/Patrick/Charlotte (and occasional Ryan Hailey visits)
Capitalism.
Ohio State football fans are notoriously whiny, spoiled assholes.
I'd want to say Gay Creepypasta fanfiction, but that one was surprisingly chill in hindsight. So I'll go with my current problematic fave, dunking on Amberlynn Reid Fandom. It's... not much better than the Chris Chan Fandom, but it's very entertaining.
Every sport I like
The office stans are bat shit annoying same with Harry potter
Anime.
Online Manchester United fans. I’ve never seen such a set of ignorant, fickle, judgmental pricks anywhere else.
Pro wrestling
/r/opieandanthony
It was a comedic toxic shithole. RIP
I was peripheral to it as a Ron and Fez fan. Good lord that place was awful. Rest in piss.
No place made me laugh as audibly.
Just mean for almost no reason, making references to shows 12 years ago while trolling these c to d list celebrities. Total cesspit
Loved Ron and fez too.
Member that time they tricked news outlets during the nice terror attack? 
I miss Ted Sheckler and his many emporiums.
Take your pick. All of them have been pretty bad. Worst though might go to Star Wars, Star Trek, Matrix fandoms.
All of them.