What Is Rage Cleaning? Here’s How to Use the Viral Tidying Method [Video]

The act of harnessing rage and frustration and channeling it into productivity is often how change is made. And now, it’s changing the way you clean. Captured in countless TikTok videos both comedic and more serious in tone, rage cleaning releases pent-up rage into the elbow grease it requires to clean a home.  

One TikToker calls rage cleaning a type of “daily therapy,” while others claim it’s a somatic and therapeutic way to get through some of the more mundane or tougher tasks of home life. Rage cleaning isn’t for everyone, but if you’re looking to spice up your cleaning routine, here’s what you need to know. 

Rage cleaning is the concept of using emotion (usually anger or frustration) to motivate an at-home cleaning spree. It’s become popular online and a way for people to channel their internalized rage into mandatory chores. Rage cleaning can be a specific task or a deep clean of an entire space, and it may lead to some …