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Advertising Fails: The Best of the Worst in the World of Marketing

This is a community for discussing the worst advertising campaigns in the world of marketing. Submissions can be digital/print/radio/tv/etc...

20k subscribers207 posts / mo in Sep 2026179 authors / mosince 2014

r/AdvertisingFails has 20k members (+60% over the last 12 months). It gets about 207 posts a month from 179 people. Top topics: Advertise Awkwardly, Bad Ads and Funny Ads.

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Size and growth

How r/AdvertisingFails has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+60%in 12 months · +18% in 3 months · +4.7% in 1 month
Oct 202620k
Growing20k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+149%vs Sep 2025 · +147% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026207
BusierPeaked at 214 in Aug 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/AdvertisingFails

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Advertise Awkwardly2.2%
  2. Bad Ads1.4%
  3. Funny Ads1.4%
  4. YouTube Ads0.6%
  5. Funny Ads0.4%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

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Timing and removals

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How they talk

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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