r/CatastrophicFailure↗
Catastrophic Failure
Videos, gifs, or aftermath photos of machinery, structures, or devices that have failed catastrophically during operation.
1.8M subscribers135 posts / mo in Sep 202679 authors / mosince 2015
r/CatastrophicFailure has 1.8M members (+1.6% over the last 12 months). It gets about 135 posts a month from 79 people. Top topics: Plane Crashes, Explosions and Incidents and Building Collapses.
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How r/CatastrophicFailure has grown
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Topics and brands on r/CatastrophicFailure
Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- Plane Crashes3.2%
- Explosions and Incidents1.0%
- Building Collapses0.7%
- Train Disasters0.5%
- Train Accidents0.5%
Brands people mention
Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Medium
- Aviation Safety Network
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- xcancel
- CBS News
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