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r/BookCollecting: A community for the serious book collector

For collectors and lovers of books new & old. A community for the discussion around finding, collecting and storing books. No sales allowed. Be nice to each other and stay on topic.

111k subscribers423 posts / mo in Sep 2026314 authors / mosince 2011

r/BookCollecting has 111k members (+42% over the last 12 months). It gets about 423 posts a month from 314 people. Top topics: Old Editions & Collectibles, Book Editions and Book Repair & Preservation.

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Size and growth

How r/BookCollecting has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+42%in 12 months · +5.4% in 3 months · +1.3% in 1 month
Oct 2026110k
Growing110k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+1.9%vs Sep 2025 · −5.5% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026423
BusierPeaked at 554 in May 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/BookCollecting

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Old Editions & Collectibles7.3%
  2. Book Editions7.2%
  3. Book Repair & Preservation3.4%
  4. Book Collections3.1%
  5. Old Books & Literature2.9%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. AbeBooks
  2. viaLibri
  3. eBay
  4. Bookfinder
  5. BIBLIO

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Everything else about r/BookCollecting

Posting rules and account requirements, how often posts get removed, who writes here (age, gender, countries), what people ask for, how they talk, and related subreddits — all in the full report.

Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research