r/FoundPaper↗
Found Pieces of Paper
Photographs of found pieces of paper with writing on them, photographs or discarded cutouts. Appreciate the forgotten artifacts of everyday life. Share any paper that you found (on the ground, stuck in some bushes or between cans of soup at the store for example) and you do not know who wrote it. Love letters, doodles, interesting to-do or grocery lists, notes from the past - share your discovery with us!
524k subscribers658 posts / mo in Sep 2026542 authors / mosince 2014
r/FoundPaper has 524k members (+15% over the last 12 months). It gets about 658 posts a month from 542 people. Top topics: Old Books & Literature, Used Bookstores and Old Recipes.
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Old Books & Literature7.3%
- Used Bookstores0.8%
- Old Recipes0.7%
- Found Items in Seattle Restaurants0.4%
- Thrift Book Hauls0.3%
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Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Find a Grave
- Wolfram
- FamilySearch
- Newspapers
- Legacy
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