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Model Cars: The home of Model Cars, Trucks and Bikes

This subreddit is the home of model cars, trucks and bikes. Feel free to share photos of your completed models, works in progress, tips and techniques.

63k subscribers505 posts / mo in Sep 2026227 authors / mosince 2011

r/ModelCars has 63k members (+17% over the last 12 months). It gets about 505 posts a month from 227 people. Top topics: Model Cars, Tamiya Kit Builds and Painting Prep.

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Size and growth

How r/ModelCars has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+17%in 12 months · +3.8% in 3 months · +0.9% in 1 month
Oct 202663k
Growing63k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−16%vs Sep 2025 · +2.5% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026505
QuieterPeaked at 1k in Oct 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/ModelCars

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Model Cars1.9%
  2. Tamiya Kit Builds1.0%
  3. Painting Prep0.9%
  4. Car Paint Jobs0.8%
  5. Model Painting0.8%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. stash manager
  2. Cults
  3. eBay
  4. HobbyLinc
  5. Scalehobbyist

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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