The correct title of this article is #RaptureTok. The omission of the # is due to technical restrictions.
#RaptureTok (AKA just "RaptureTok" or "Rapture Tok"[1]) was a viral[2][3]hashtag[4] used on social media, particularly on TikTok,[5][6][7] in September 2025 to promote or mock[8][9] a religion-based end of the world prediction for September 23 or 24[10] by South African pastor Joshua Mhlakela in an interview that prior June.[11]
It was another in a series of failed Rapture predictions.[12]
In preparation, people posted about selling their cars, leaving notes for those left behind, and taking time off work, while others made jokes and created memes, as part of approximately 300,000 posts on the topic on TikTok.[13]
Aftermath
After the date came and went, Mhlakela stated that the Rapture would occur on October 7th and 8th based on the Julian calendar.[14]
