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Ever try fixing things on your own? Didn't come out the way they were supposed to? Do you stand there questioning your whole life? If so, post your results here to DiWHY (Pronounced: Dee Eye WHY). Where shitty projects from DIY live prosperously. If at any time you feel that a specific post isn't living up to the sub (be gentle as this is a humor sub, not meant to be taken seriously), please feel free to report (give exact reason) and let your voice be heard with downvotes and comments.

3.9M subscribers122 posts / mo in Sep 2026102 authors / mosince 2013

r/DiWHY has 3.9M members (+3.1% over the last 12 months). It gets about 122 posts a month from 102 people. Top topics: Facebook Marketplace Finds, Toilet Humor and Museums and Art Galleries.

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Size and growth

How r/DiWHY has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+3.1%in 12 months · +0.5% in 3 months · +0.1% in 1 month
Oct 20263.9M
Growing3.9M subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/DiWHY

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−60%vs Sep 2025 · −17% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026122
QuieterPeaked at 1.3k in Nov 2021
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/DiWHY

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Facebook Marketplace Finds0.2%
  2. Toilet Humor0.2%
  3. Museums and Art Galleries0.2%
  4. Weird YouTube Channels0.2%
  5. Truck Spotting0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Ko-fi
  2. TikTok
  3. The Home Depot
  4. xkcd
  5. GIPHY

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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