r/CampingGear↗
A subreddit for gear heads.
A community to get advice and to show off camping and backpacking gear. Helpful folks who love the hobby as much as you do. Please note: We may initiate another blackout to further protest the API changes. Some of the largest subreddits such as r/funny and r/teenagers are going private indefinitely.
959k subscribers551 posts / mo in Sep 2026485 authors / mosince 2012
r/CampingGear has 959k members (+7.5% over the last 12 months). It gets about 551 posts a month from 485 people. Top topics: Sleeping Bags, Backpacking Gear & Recommendations and Tent Recommendations.
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How r/CampingGear has grown
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Topics and brands on r/CampingGear
Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- Sleeping Bags2.8%
- Backpacking Gear & Recommendations2.4%
- Tent Recommendations2.3%
- New Tents & Rooftop Camping1.0%
- Camping Trips & Gear0.9%
Brands people mention
Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Walmart
- Backcountry
- Cabela's
- Coleman Company
- Amazon
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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