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Disaster Update

Welcome to Disaster Update. This is not Disaster porn. We 100% value life in every post. Please keep that in mind when you're visiting and making comments.

189k subscribers235 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~2% by known bots)143 authors / mosince 2023

r/DisasterUpdate has 189k members (+57% over the last 12 months). It gets about 235 posts a month from 143 people. Top topics: California Wildfires, Floods and Flash Flooding and Disaster Relief.

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Size and growth

How r/DisasterUpdate has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+57%in 12 months · +40% in 3 months · +2.6% in 1 month
Oct 2026189k
Growing189k subscribers
Live · through Oct 2026
r/DisasterUpdate

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+90%vs Sep 2025 · +168% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026235
BusierPeaked at 558 in Aug 2026
Sep 2026: incl. ~2% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/DisasterUpdate

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. California Wildfires1.5%
  2. Floods and Flash Flooding0.7%
  3. Disaster Relief0.5%
  4. Wildfires and Fires0.5%
  5. Floods and Cyclones in Asia0.5%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. The Watchers
  2. Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  3. NL Times
  4. Sky UK
  5. ABC News

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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