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r/MedievalHistory↗

Medieval History, in all its shapes and colors.

This reddit is for the latest developments in Medieval History: please keep other modern topics on religion and politics in their respective subreddits.

166k subscribers178 posts / mo in Sep 2026119 authors / mosince 2011

r/MedievalHistory has 166k members (+13% over the last 12 months). It gets about 178 posts a month from 119 people. Top topics: Kingdom of England, Medieval Manuscripts and Medieval Battles and Figures.

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Size and growth

How r/MedievalHistory has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+13%in 12 months · +2.0% in 3 months · +0.4% in 1 month
Oct 2026166k
Growing166k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−32%vs Sep 2025 · −0.6% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026178
QuieterPeaked at 325 in Apr 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/MedievalHistory

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Kingdom of England3.3%
  2. Medieval Manuscripts1.2%
  3. Medieval Battles and Figures1.1%
  4. Crusades History0.7%
  5. Anglo-Saxon Wales0.7%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Wikimedia
  2. Academia
  3. A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
  4. Project Gutenberg
  5. The British Library

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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