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Discussion for the Harry Potter books

r/HarryPotterBooks is a forum devoted to discussion of the Harry Potter book series, and associated written works by J.K. Rowling. We focus only on the written works, and do not allow content centered around any other form of HP media (movies, TV shows, stage plays, video games, etc.) Links and images are currently disabled to encourage the posting of quality content.

165k subscribers357 posts / mo in Sep 2026226 authors / mosince 2013

r/HarryPotterBooks has 165k members (+15% over the last 12 months). It gets about 357 posts a month from 226 people. Top topics: Horcrux Theory, Harry Potter Fan Theory and Sirius and Marauders.

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How r/HarryPotterBooks has grown

r/HarryPotterBooks

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+15%in 12 months · +3.3% in 3 months · +0.8% in 1 month
Oct 2026164k
Growing164k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+19%vs Sep 2025 · +54% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026357
BusierPeaked at 357 in Sep 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/HarryPotterBooks

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Horcrux Theory5.4%
  2. Harry Potter Fan Theory4.4%
  3. Sirius and Marauders4.0%
  4. Snape Discussions3.2%
  5. Harry Potter Characters and Relationships2.9%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Bloomsbury Publishing
  2. Potter-Search
  3. Medium
  4. Amazon
  5. Audible

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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