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Aviation History

Come one, come all to the amazing aviation history! With a large community from aviation hobbyists, aviation buffs and beyond, you will be welcomed here! Fly on over to this subreddit, and you will not regret it!

70k subscribers225 posts / mo in Sep 2026161 authors / mosince 2013

r/AviationHistory has 70k members (+68% over the last 12 months). It gets about 225 posts a month from 161 people. Top topics: Vietnam War Aviation, F-14 Tomcats and Aviation History.

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Size and growth

How r/AviationHistory has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+68%in 12 months · +10.0% in 3 months · +1.4% in 1 month
Oct 202669k
Growing69k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/AviationHistory

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+31%vs Sep 2025 · +3.3% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026225
BusierPeaked at 353 in Jun 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/AviationHistory

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Vietnam War Aviation2.7%
  2. F-14 Tomcats1.5%
  3. Aviation History1.1%
  4. German Aviation History1.0%
  5. Wright Brothers Aviation History0.9%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Substack
  2. Transistor
  3. NASA
  4. Smithsonian Institution
  5. Flickr

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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