2026 Annual Index
Hall of Shame.
Locations ranked by total verified shushings, weighted for severity, sourced from over twelve thousand citizen reports.
- 1
Public Libraries
The reigning champion. Undefeated since the printing press.
3,104
shushes
- 2
Yoga & Meditation Studios
Where breath is sacred and small talk is sacrilege.
1,998
shushes
- 3
Movie Theaters
You know what you did with the candy wrapper.
1,602
shushes
- 4
Quiet Cars (Amtrak)
It's named that. It's named that on purpose.
1,411
shushes
- 5
Funerals
Read the room. The room is grieving.
902
shushes
- 6
Standardized Testing
Your pencil is too loud. Yes, your pencil.
740
shushes
- 7
The Apple Store
A glass cathedral of muted disappointment.
618
shushes
- 8
Brunch (post-mimosa)
Increasingly common. Tribunal monitoring closely.
587
shushes
- 9
Silent Retreats
Self-explanatory. And yet.
412
shushes
- 10
Your Friend's Podcast Recording
She is trying. Let her try.
301
shushes