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Cuneiform: translations and discussion

Welcome to r/Cuneiform, the community for enthusiasts and scholars of all things related to one of the earliest systems of writing. Our community is dedicated to fostering meaningful discussions, sharing resources, and celebrating the rich heritage preserved in cuneiform texts. Please note that posts involving unprovenanced artifacts are strictly prohibited (see rules).

10k subscribers46 posts / mo in Sep 202637 authors / mosince 2014

r/Cuneiform has 10k members. It gets about 46 posts a month from 37 people. Top topics: Ancient Scripts, Translation Requests and Ancient Mesopotamia.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+87%since May 2026
Oct 202610k
Growing10k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Apr 2014)
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+411%vs Sep 2025 · −7.5% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202646
BusierPeaked at 49 in Jun 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/Cuneiform

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Ancient Scripts19%
  2. Translation Requests3.7%
  3. Ancient Mesopotamia1.0%
  4. Ancient Mesopotamia0.7%
  5. Ancient Discoveries in Turkey0.5%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. University of Pennsylvania
  2. British Museum
  3. Wikimedia
  4. JSTOR

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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