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r/GearTrade is a subreddit to trade outdoor gear. Generally, this includes things related to hiking, camping, backpacking, skiing, hunting, and other "backcountry" uses. The moderators of this subreddit will NEVER contact you requesting personal information and/or passwords. Please report any/all suspicious activity to our mod team as soon as you encounter it.

138k subscribers702 posts / mo in Sep 2026426 authors / mosince 2011

r/GearTrade has 138k members (+7.1% over the last 12 months). It gets about 702 posts a month from 426 people. Top topics: WTS Boots, Jackets For Sale/Shipping and Patagonia Sales.

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Size and growth

How r/GearTrade has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+7.1%in 12 months · +1.5% in 3 months · +0.3% in 1 month
Oct 2026138k
Growing138k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+4.9%vs Sep 2025 · −1.4% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026702
BusierPeaked at 980 in Feb 2023
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/GearTrade

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. WTS Boots1.9%
  2. Jackets For Sale/Shipping1.3%
  3. Patagonia Sales0.9%
  4. WTB XL Shirts0.5%
  5. Scam Alerts0.5%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. PostImages
  2. Pirate Ship
  3. Patagonia
  4. Backcountry
  5. Ortlieb

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Posting rules and account requirements, how often posts get removed, who writes here (age, gender, countries), what people ask for, how they talk, and related subreddits — all in the full report.

Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research