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Crypto Scams

To help those who have been a victim of a crypto scam or who have been approached and want to know if it is a scam. Please be sure to post the scam URL in the body text of your post so our bots can help analyze it. *** Do NOT accept private messages regarding CRYPTO RECOVERY, do NOT reply to comments on posts claiming to recover crypto, and please send a modmail about users involved. ***

128k subscribers485 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)380 authors / mosince 2017

r/CryptoScams has 128k members (+44% over the last 12 months). It gets about 485 posts a month from 380 people. Top topics: Crypto Scams, ScamAlerts and Crypto Scams.

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Size and growth

How r/CryptoScams has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+44%in 12 months · +3.0% in 3 months · +0.7% in 1 month
Oct 2026128k
Growing128k subscribers
Data since Jun 2019Live · through Oct 2026
r/CryptoScams

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−55%vs Sep 2025 · −25% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026485
QuieterPeaked at 1.2k in Aug 2025
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/CryptoScams

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Crypto Scams29%
  2. ScamAlerts3.5%
  3. Crypto Scams3.1%
  4. Scam_Warnings2.7%
  5. Bitcoin Scams2.3%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Whois
  2. GoDaddy
  3. ICANN
  4. Action Fraud
  5. Revoke.cash

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