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Car Independent LA

Support group for people interested in car-lite, car-free, urbanist lifestyles in the Greater Los Angeles Area. Besties with u/carlitelb (Long Beach), u/jonnyshotit (Crosswalk Collective), u/lintonjoe (Streetsblog), u/movelatransit (Move LA), u/nandert (Youtube) u/nimeshinla (Youtube), u/StreetsR4Everyone, r/streetsforall. See community sidebar (desktop) or "See more" (mobile). Click on "Action Needed" post flair to take action. Frenemies with r/losangeles. Not enemies with r/urbancarliving.

19k subscribers82 posts / mo in Sep 202645 authors / mosince 2022

r/CarIndependentLA has 19k members (+26% over the last 12 months). It gets about 82 posts a month from 45 people. Top topics: Bike Lanes and Cities, Los Angeles Biking and California Housing Crisis.

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How r/CarIndependentLA has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+26%in 12 months · +4.8% in 3 months · +1.7% in 1 month
Oct 202619k
Growing19k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Apr 2022)
Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−53%vs Sep 2025 · +11% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202682
QuieterPeaked at 175 in Sep 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/CarIndependentLA

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Bike Lanes and Cities3.0%
  2. Los Angeles Biking2.2%
  3. California Housing Crisis1.9%
  4. Worst Drivers1.4%
  5. Living in LA1.0%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Streetsblog
  2. LAist
  3. LA Metro
  4. Los Angeles Times
  5. Eventbrite

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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