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Explain A Film Plot Badly

A movie guessing game with rules. Check the rules before you play so your posts don't get removed.

142k subscribers1,591 posts / mo in Sep 2026601 authors / mosince 2015

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly has 142k members (+10% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,591 posts a month from 601 people. Top topics: Father-Daughter Dynamics, DivorceScandals and Watching Anime.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+10%in 12 months · +2.0% in 3 months · +0.4% in 1 month
Oct 2026142k
Growing142k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−25%vs Sep 2025 · +34% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20261.6k
QuieterPeaked at 6.9k in Jan 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Father-Daughter Dynamics0.2%
  2. DivorceScandals0.2%
  3. Watching Anime0.2%
  4. Alien Encounters0.2%
  5. Heavenly Doors0.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. IMDb
  2. Wolfram
  3. Canva
  4. Tenor

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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