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r/Amtrak is for anything Amtrak related. News, photos, questions, and more. We are not associated with Amtrak in any way, official inquiries should be referred to Amtrak.

102k subscribers642 posts / mo in Sep 2026516 authors / mosince 2009

r/Amtrak has 102k members (+32% over the last 12 months). It gets about 642 posts a month from 516 people. Top topics: Public Transportation in North America, Chicago Trains and Rail Services.

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Size and growth

How r/Amtrak has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+32%in 12 months · +6.1% in 3 months · +1.2% in 1 month
Oct 2026102k
Growing102k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−3.2%vs Sep 2025 · −3.6% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026642
QuieterPeaked at 979 in Aug 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/Amtrak

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Public Transportation in North America2.3%
  2. Chicago Trains2.3%
  3. Rail Services1.0%
  4. Rail Transit Innovations0.6%
  5. Train Incidents and Accidents0.5%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Substack
  2. Flickr
  3. Archive
  4. CBS News
  5. MTA

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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