The Wattpad Migration refers to the belief that users of the fanfiction and writing website Wattpad will migrate to the Archive Of Our Own (AO3) and similar websites after Wattpad updated their content guidelines to be stricter regarding sexual content.The guidelines were updated on August 10th, 2026 and purportedly include bans on p-rnographic content meant solely for arousal, content depicting non-consensual sexual acts, the glorification of sexual violence, content involving minors, and other illegal sex acts like bestiality, necrophilia and incest.The guideline changes went viral on social media in the days after they were made, inspiring discourse and memes about the migration and the idea of Wattpad's user base diminishing due to the guideline changes. Some believed that the backlash was overblown and the wording of the guidelines were simply changed, while others claimed their stories were deleted since the changes were made.Read More