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Ron Watkins

American conspiracy theorist and imageboard administrator

  • Audience10
  • Fame54.9
  • Momentum16.1
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  • Audience10
  • Fame54.9
  • Momentum16.1
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Born 1987 · age 39United States
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    Born 1987
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Updated 2026-07-17

Ronald Watkins, also known by his online pseudonym CodeMonkeyZ, is an American conspiracy theorist and site administrator of the imageboard website 8kun. He has played a major role in spreading the discredited far-right QAnon conspiracy theory, and has espoused conspiracy theories that widespread election fraud led to Joe Biden's victory over Donald Trump in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. He is the son of Jim Watkins, the owner and operator of 8kun.

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Source confidence55.0
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