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r/FirstResponderCringe↗

A place for sharing funny, awkward, or cringe-worthy moments from the world of first responders. Keep it light, keep it respectful!

194k subscribers176 posts / mo in Sep 2026135 authors / mosince 2021

r/FirstResponderCringe has 194k members (+20% over the last 12 months). It gets about 176 posts a month from 135 people. Top topics: Cringe Moments, Emergency Medical Services and Firefighting Training & Careers.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+20%in 12 months · +4.9% in 3 months · +1.0% in 1 month
Oct 2026194k
Growing194k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Mar 2021)
Live · through Oct 2026
r/FirstResponderCringe

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+17%vs Sep 2025 · +43% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026176
BusierPeaked at 333 in Mar 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/FirstResponderCringe

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Cringe Moments1.3%
  2. Emergency Medical Services0.9%
  3. Firefighting Training & Careers0.9%
  4. Firefighting Careers0.6%
  5. TikTok Trends & Comments0.5%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. TikTok
  2. GIPHY
  3. ScienceDirect
  4. CBS News
  5. Ko-fi

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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