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Friends of the Pod: For the listeners of Pod Save America and the Crooked Media podcasts

This is the subreddit for and by listeners of Crooked Media podcasts like Pod Save America hosted by Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor, and Dan Pfeiffer.

50k subscribers210 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~82% by known bots)36 authors / mosince 2017

r/FriendsofthePod has 50k members (+6.8% over the last 12 months). It gets about 210 posts a month from 36 people. Top topics: Podcast Guest Discussions, Podcast Episodes and SpotifyIssues.

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Size and growth

How r/FriendsofthePod has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+6.8%in 12 months · +1.0% in 3 months · +0.2% in 1 month
Oct 202650k
Growing50k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−11%vs Sep 2025 · −2.9% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026210
QuieterPeaked at 761 in Nov 2024
Sep 2026: incl. ~82% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/FriendsofthePod

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Podcast Guest Discussions1.5%
  2. Podcast Episodes1.2%
  3. SpotifyIssues1.2%
  4. Podcast Episodes0.4%
  5. Leftist Political Podcasts0.3%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Substack
  2. Bluesky Social
  3. Bluesky
  4. Politico
  5. Bookshop

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