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r/CarTalk

The place to talk about your car

897k subscribers1,150 posts / mo in Sep 20261,013 authors / mosince 2010

r/Cartalk has 897k members (+6.9% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,150 posts a month from 1,013 people. Top topics: Tire Issues, Start-Up Issues and Transmission Issues.

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Size and growth

How r/Cartalk has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+6.9%in 12 months · +1.2% in 3 months · +0.3% in 1 month
Oct 2026896k
Growing896k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−29%vs Sep 2025 · −21% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20261.1k
QuieterPeaked at 2.4k in Aug 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/Cartalk

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Tire Issues3.3%
  2. Start-Up Issues2.8%
  3. Transmission Issues1.3%
  4. Tire Issues1.3%
  5. Engine Issues & Traction Control1.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. RockAuto
  2. eBay
  3. AutoZone
  4. Walmart
  5. Car-Part.com--Used Auto Parts Market

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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

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