A "Red Scare" is the promotion of a widespread fear of a potential rise of communism or anarchism by a society or state.

Red Scare may also refer to:

Red Scare (podcast), a cultural commentary podcast Red Scare Industries, a punk rock record label Red Scare (comics), a character in the comic book series The Tick

See also First Red Scare, in the US, around WWI McCarthyism or Second Red Scare, in post-WWII US Red Terror (disambiguation)