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r/CredibleDefense↗

Strategy, History, Procurement, International Politics, National Defense, Intelligence

This is a forum dedicated to civil and informed discussion of military and defense issues and to bring better public understand of related topics. As such, our rules are more stringent than the typical subreddit.

124k subscribers76 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~43% by known bots)38 authors / mosince 2013

r/CredibleDefense has 124k members (+14% over the last 12 months). It gets about 76 posts a month from 38 people. Top topics: Russian Fighters, Missile Strategies and North Korea Missiles.

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How r/CredibleDefense has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+14%in 12 months · +1.7% in 3 months · +0.4% in 1 month
Oct 2026124k
Growing124k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+17%vs Sep 2025 · −26% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202676
BusierPeaked at 542 in Mar 2022
Sep 2026: incl. ~43% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/CredibleDefense

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Russian Fighters0.2%
  2. Missile Strategies0.2%
  3. North Korea Missiles0.1%
  4. Taiwan-China Tensions0.1%
  5. Air Combat Strategies0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Bluesky Social
  2. Bluesky
  3. The New Voice of Ukraine
  4. Українська правда
  5. Euromaidan Press

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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