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Active Measures

For the discussion of active measures and influence campaigns. With current events as they are, this is meant to be a space to discuss Russia-style propaganda and censorship in both the United States and around the world, with a particular emphasis on examples found within the reddit community.

18k subscribers84 posts / mo in Sep 202616 authors / mosince 2017

r/ActiveMeasures has 18k members (+2.5% over the last 12 months). It gets about 84 posts a month from 16 people. Top topics: Russia Cyber Threats, Russian Espionage and Russia-Ukraine Conflict Media.

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Size and growth

How r/ActiveMeasures has grown

r/ActiveMeasures

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+2.5%in 12 months · +0.6% in 3 months · +0.2% in 1 month
Oct 202618k
Growing18k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/ActiveMeasures

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−58%vs Sep 2025 · −30% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202684
QuieterPeaked at 323 in Apr 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/ActiveMeasures

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Russia Cyber Threats0.3%
  2. Russian Espionage0.3%
  3. Russia-Ukraine Conflict Media0.1%
  4. Russian Cyber Threats0.1%
  5. Russia-Ukraine Conflict0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Archive
  2. Archive
  3. wsj
  4. CBS News
  5. SpyTalk

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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