About

A Scientology Run or Scientology Speedrun, also known as Scientology Speed Running, is a trend in which a person runs into a Scientology center to see how far they can get into the building before being kicked out. The trend was popularized on TikTok in late March through April 2026 and was started by TikToker @5.0arrodo. The original video inspired others to film their own Scientology runs, also inspiring online discourse as the videos went viral.

Origin

On March 30th, 2026, TikToker^[1] @5.0arrodo posted a video where he runs into a Scientology center and yells about Scientology being a cult before being kicked out, gaining over 6.3 million views in two weeks.

The next day, the same TikToker^[2] uploaded a second video doing the same thing, this time filming a friend running into the building, garnering over 43 million views in two weeks.

Spread

The Scientology Building Speedrun trend continued to spread in April 2026 as more joined in on it and shared videos of their own "runs."

On April 1st, 2026, TikToker^[3] @swhileyy posted a video doing a Scientology run that gained over 37.5 million views in about two weeks.

On April 4th, the same TikToker^[4] posted another video doing a run that gained over 3.3 million views in just over a week.

On April 6th, X^[5] user @maddysperl reposted one of the videos by @swhileyy, writing, "Obsessed with this trend of people seeing how far they run inside the LA Scientology HQ," garnering over 176,000 likes and 10,000 reposts in a week.

On April 7th, 2026, TikToker^[6] @tiesyn posted a video discussing the trend, garnering over 3.3 million views in six days.

Later that day, X^[7] user @yashar made a post that gained over 1,900 likes in six days, suggesting that it is not helpful for the anti-Scientology cause to do Scientology runs, writing:

Hello there — as one of Scientology’s biggest targets, and as someone who has sacrificed a great deal to take on Scientology, I have to say that this is very unhelpful to the cause. I have also consulted with many former Scientologists who agree with me. This plays right into Scientology indoctrination that the outside world is a violent place that wishes to disrupt the dissemination of Scientology. It does nothing to stop the dissemination of Scientology and nothing to stop the abuses of Scientology. In fact, it helps keep them going. The goal is to convince Sea Org members — Scientology’s workforce, who truly believe they are helping mankind — to leave and speak to authorities. This only keeps them in.

On April 12th, 2026, X^[8] user @GothamChief posted, "Imagine being the TikToker that makes it all the way into the Tom Cruise room," in response to a post about the trend, garnering over 91,000 likes in a day.

That day, Redditor Gorotheninja posted a screenshot of a now-deleted X post to the /r/shitposting^[9] subreddit that describes Scientology runs as a "roguelite with meta progression," a reference to a specific genre of video games, garnering over 21,000 upvotes in a day.

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