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International Students

This is a community for international students to talk about studying in the USA or anywhere else. It can be about anything from getting scholarships, visas, getting internships and jobs, culture, etc.

55k subscribers1,068 posts / mo in Sep 2026886 authors / mosince 2016

r/InternationalStudents has 55k members (+58% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,068 posts a month from 886 people. Top topics: International Student Issues, Trump Era Student Visa Policies and Rejected Students.

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How r/InternationalStudents has grown

r/InternationalStudents

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+58%in 12 months · +12% in 3 months · +2.9% in 1 month
Oct 202655k
Growing55k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/InternationalStudents

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+53%vs Sep 2025 · −1.1% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20261.1k
BusierPeaked at 1.1k in Apr 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/InternationalStudents

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. International Student Issues9.0%
  2. Trump Era Student Visa Policies7.2%
  3. Rejected Students3.7%
  4. Tech Visa Debates1.5%
  5. Harvard & Education News1.5%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. USCIS
  2. Microsoft
  3. LinkedIn
  4. CBC
  5. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

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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