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r/BeginnersRunning↗

For people beginning to run! Here, no mile is too slow and no run is too short.

78k subscribers1,111 posts / mo in Sep 2026880 authors / mosince 2021

r/BeginnersRunning has 78k members (+113% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,111 posts a month from 880 people. Top topics: 10K Runs, First 5K Races and Half Marathons.

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r/BeginnersRunning

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+113%in 12 months · +17% in 3 months · +4.0% in 1 month
Oct 202677k
Growing77k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Jan 2021)
Live · through Oct 2026
r/BeginnersRunning

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+170%vs Sep 2025 · +17% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20261.1k
BusierPeaked at 1.1k in Sep 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/BeginnersRunning

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. 10K Runs9.0%
  2. First 5K Races6.9%
  3. Half Marathons4.3%
  4. 5K Runs3.9%
  5. Running Pace Optimization3.7%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Apple
  2. #1 Athletic Shoe Review Site
  3. runDisney
  4. V.O2
  5. TrainingPeaks

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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