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Controversial Opinions

A place to air your controversial opinions. We have a free speech policy, as much as possible within Reddit rules. That comes with a responsibility to be respectful.

27k subscribers1,061 posts / mo in Sep 2026578 authors / mosince 2011

r/ControversialOpinions has 27k members (+47% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,061 posts a month from 578 people. Top topics: Parenting Issues, Dog Lovers Delight and The Little Mermaid.

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Size and growth

How r/ControversialOpinions has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+47%in 12 months · +7.3% in 3 months · +1.7% in 1 month
Oct 202627k
Growing27k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/ControversialOpinions

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+20%vs Sep 2025 · −2.1% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20261.1k
BusierPeaked at 1.2k in Jul 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/ControversialOpinions

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Parenting Issues0.2%
  2. Dog Lovers Delight0.2%
  3. The Little Mermaid0.1%
  4. Server Pay & Tips0.1%
  5. Cosplay and Fanservice<0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Substack
  2. ScienceDirect
  3. Merriam-Webster
  4. Medium
  5. ResearchGate

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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