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KotakuInAction: The almost-official GamerGate subreddit!

KotakuInAction is the main hub for GamerGate on Reddit and welcomes discussion of community, industry and media issues in gaming and broader nerd culture including science fiction and comics.

169k subscribers565 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)267 authors / mosince 2014

r/KotakuInAction has 169k members (+6.4% over the last 12 months). It gets about 565 posts a month from 267 people. Top topics: GamerGate Controversy, GamerGate Ethics and Women in Gaming Culture.

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Size and growth

How r/KotakuInAction has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+6.4%in 12 months · +1.5% in 3 months · +0.4% in 1 month
Oct 2026168k
Growing168k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+35%vs Sep 2025 · +1.8% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026565
BusierPeaked at 1.2k in Mar 2024
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/KotakuInAction

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. GamerGate Controversy3.5%
  2. GamerGate Ethics1.6%
  3. Women in Gaming Culture1.3%
  4. Gaming Ethics & Journalism1.3%
  5. Gamergate Controversy1.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Archive
  2. Archive
  3. Archive
  4. Archive
  5. Substack

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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