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This community is for you to tell your stories of your service, or that of close family. Contact the mod team with questions if you have any. Please read the community rules before participating, we are highly moderated.

146k subscribers33 posts / mo in Sep 202621 authors / mosince 2014

r/MilitaryStories has 146k members (+5.5% over the last 12 months). It gets about 33 posts a month from 21 people. Top topics: Vietnam War Family Stories, Vietnam Marines and Soldiers and Rations.

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Size and growth

How r/MilitaryStories has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+5.5%in 12 months · +3.9% in 3 months
Oct 2026146k
Growing146k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−42%vs Sep 2025 · +2.3% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202633
QuieterPeaked at 125 in Dec 2021
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/MilitaryStories

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Vietnam War Family Stories0.5%
  2. Vietnam Marines0.3%
  3. Soldiers and Rations0.3%
  4. WWII Family Stories0.3%
  5. US Marines0.2%

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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