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r/Bostonology↗

r/bostonology is a community to discuss Boston and it’s neighboring cities about trends, gang culture, and music.

10k subscribers115 posts / mo in Sep 202636 authors / mosince 2020

r/Bostonology has 10k members (+24% over the last 12 months). It gets about 115 posts a month from 36 people. Top topics: Shooting Incidents, Rap Artists & Culture and Crime and Violence.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+24%in 12 months · +3.5% in 3 months · +1.1% in 1 month
Oct 20269.7k
Growing9.7k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Oct 2020)
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−40%vs Sep 2025 · −1.5% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026115
QuieterPeaked at 259 in Apr 2023
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

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Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Shooting Incidents5.5%
  2. Rap Artists & Culture1.4%
  3. Crime and Violence1.4%
  4. Murder Arrests1.2%
  5. Boston Cityscape and Culture1.2%

Brands people mention

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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