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Murdered By Words

A place for well-constructed put-downs, comebacks, and counter-arguments.

3.4M subscribers813 posts / mo in Sep 2026336 authors / mosince 2016

r/MurderedByWords has 3.4M members (+3.6% over the last 12 months). It gets about 813 posts a month from 336 people. Top topics: Murderabilia, Burns and Death and Karma.

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Size and growth

How r/MurderedByWords has grown

r/MurderedByWords

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+3.6%in 12 months · +0.5% in 3 months · +0.1% in 1 month
Oct 20263.4M
Growing3.4M subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/MurderedByWords

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−53%vs Sep 2025 · +7.4% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026813
QuieterPeaked at 2.6k in Oct 2021
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/MurderedByWords

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Murderabilia0.4%
  2. Burns0.3%
  3. Death and Karma0.2%
  4. Words and Warriors0.1%
  5. Violence and Assassination0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. NPR
  2. Yahoo!
  3. PBS
  4. Politico
  5. CBS News

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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