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All about Ghent

38k subscribers168 posts / mo in Sep 2026145 authors / mosince 2011

r/Gent has 38k members (+16% over the last 12 months). It gets about 168 posts a month from 145 people. Top topics: Student Housing in Netherlands, Finding Friends in Netherlands and Dutch and Belgian Cuisine.

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Size and growth

How r/Gent has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+16%in 12 months · +3.3% in 3 months · +0.9% in 1 month
Oct 202638k
Growing38k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−1.2%vs Sep 2025 · +0.5% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026168
QuieterPeaked at 285 in Oct 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/Gent

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Student Housing in Netherlands6.3%
  2. Finding Friends in Netherlands6.1%
  3. Dutch and Belgian Cuisine2.4%
  4. Belgium and Surroundings2.2%
  5. Dutch Language Learning0.7%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. VRT
  2. Het Laatste Nieuws
  3. Qualtrics
  4. WhatsApp
  5. 2dehands

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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