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r/COPYRIGHT↗

News, discussion, and answers about copyright law and its impact

News and discussion on copyright, copyleft, patents, trademarks, intellectual property, free culture, open source and free software, and cultural policy.

18k subscribers248 posts / mo in Sep 2026209 authors / mosince 2008

r/COPYRIGHT has 18k members (+24% over the last 12 months). It gets about 248 posts a month from 209 people. Top topics: Copyright Issues, Copyright Music and YouTube Issues.

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Size and growth

How r/COPYRIGHT has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+24%in 12 months · +5.5% in 3 months · +1.3% in 1 month
Oct 202618k
Growing18k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+48%vs Sep 2025 · +19% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026248
BusierPeaked at 310 in Aug 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/COPYRIGHT

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Copyright Issues1.7%
  2. Copyright Music0.6%
  3. YouTube Issues0.6%
  4. YouTube Censorship & Monetization0.6%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. CourtListener
  2. Justia
  3. Copyright Alliance
  4. Substack
  5. Creative Commons

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