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AFL: Everything Australian Football

AFL: The home of Australian rules football on Reddit, including the Australian Football League and all other aspects of the game. Don't forget to show your team colours through a flair! or a snoo guernsey!

486k subscribers2,169 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~3% by known bots)1,062 authors / mosince 2008

r/AFL has 486k members (+4.0% over the last 12 months). It gets about 2,169 posts a month from 1,062 people. Top topics: AFL & AFLW Finals Fixtures, Australian Football and Grand Finals & Premierships.

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Size and growth

How r/AFL has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+4.0%in 12 months · +1.2% in 3 months · +0.2% in 1 month
Oct 2026485k
Growing485k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−15%vs Sep 2025 · +18% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20262.2k
QuieterPeaked at 2.6k in Sep 2024
Sep 2026: incl. ~3% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/AFL

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. AFL & AFLW Finals Fixtures2.7%
  2. Australian Football2.2%
  3. Grand Finals & Premierships1.7%
  4. Fremantle Dockers News1.6%
  5. AFL Draft Picks1.5%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  2. reddit-stream
  3. SEN
  4. FOX SPORTS
  5. The Age

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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