r/AskHistory↗
Ask History
For asking casual questions about historical events prior to 01/01/2001. Also see r/History or r/AskHistorians.
265k subscribers390 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)314 authors / mosince 2011
r/AskHistory has 265k members (+13% over the last 12 months). It gets about 390 posts a month from 314 people. Top topics: Slavery History, Presidents Ranked and Nazi Germany and WWII.
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Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- Slavery History0.6%
- Presidents Ranked0.6%
- Nazi Germany and WWII0.4%
- English Monarchs0.4%
- Alexander the Great0.4%
Brands people mention
Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- cambridge.org
- Wikimedia
- JSTOR
- United States Department of State
- Yale University
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