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Birds Aren't Real

They used to be. Until the U.S. Government replaced them with drone replicas designed to spy on the American public. Founded in 1976.

547k subscribers196 posts / mo in Sep 2026144 authors / mosince 2017

r/BirdsArentReal has 547k members (+3.8% over the last 12 months). It gets about 196 posts a month from 144 people. Top topics: Birds, Drone Racing and Family Drones.

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Size and growth

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+3.8%in 12 months · +0.6% in 3 months · +0.1% in 1 month
Oct 2026547k
Growing547k subscribers
Data since Jun 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−11%vs Sep 2025 · −19% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026196
QuieterPeaked at 1.7k in Jan 2022
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/BirdsArentReal

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Birds2.7%
  2. Drone Racing1.1%
  3. Family Drones0.7%
  4. DJI Drones0.5%
  5. Birds0.4%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Ko-fi
  2. All About Birds
  3. Bluesky Social
  4. Gizmodo
  5. Interesting Engineering

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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