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ADSB: Airplane Tracking

**Welcome to the subreddit!** What is ADS-B? [Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Automatic_Dependent_Surveillance%E2%80%93Broadcast) tl;dr it's how you get airplane tracking, like on FlightRadar24 or FlightAware.

90k subscribers138 posts / mo in Sep 2026115 authors / mosince 2014

r/ADSB has 90k members (+35% over the last 12 months). It gets about 138 posts a month from 115 people. Top topics: Military Aircraft and Flights, Flight Diversions and Paths and RAF Aircraft and Flights.

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Size and growth

How r/ADSB has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+35%in 12 months · +6.9% in 3 months · +0.8% in 1 month
Oct 202689k
Growing89k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−42%vs Sep 2025 · −21% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026138
QuieterPeaked at 474 in Feb 2023
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/ADSB

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Military Aircraft and Flights2.0%
  2. Flight Diversions and Paths1.8%
  3. RAF Aircraft and Flights1.2%
  4. Ukraine Aviation Conflict1.1%
  5. Plane Identification0.8%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. ADS-B Exchange
  2. FlightAware
  3. Flightradar24
  4. Go
  5. Jetphotos

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Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research