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r/LockdownSkepticism↗

Interdisciplinary examination of lockdowns & other pandemic policies. We acknowledge the threat of COVID-19. We are also concerned about the policies' impact on our physical & mental health, human rights, and economy. This is a non-partisan, inclusive, global sub. We are empirically minded and do not tolerate unsupported claims or conspiracy theories. **Warning: users may be auto-banned from other subs for posting here.**

53k subscribers37 posts / mo in Sep 202616 authors / mosince 2020

r/LockdownSkepticism has 53k members (+0.7% over the last 12 months). It gets about 37 posts a month from 16 people. Top topics: School Mask Mandates, School Closures and Reopenings and Mask Mandates.

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Size and growth

How r/LockdownSkepticism has grown

r/LockdownSkepticism

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+0.7%in 12 months · +0.2% in 3 months · +0.0% in 1 month
Oct 202653k
Growing53k subscribers
Data since Apr 2020Live · through Oct 2026
r/LockdownSkepticism

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−51%vs Sep 2025 · +6.9% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202637
QuieterPeaked at 3.5k in Jan 2022
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/LockdownSkepticism

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. School Mask Mandates0.3%
  2. School Closures and Reopenings0.2%
  3. Mask Mandates0.2%
  4. Mask Mandates & Campus Wear Policies0.2%
  5. School Closures and Reopenings0.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. CBC
  2. Substack
  3. Ctvnews
  4. Global News
  5. Archive

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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