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NYC Roommates

A place to look for new roommates in NYC area. No brokers allowed, you must be someone looking for a roommate to move into an apartment/house you live in or someone looking for a room.

42k subscribers645 posts / mo in Sep 2026488 authors / mosince 2021

r/NYCroommates has 42k members (+110% over the last 12 months). It gets about 645 posts a month from 488 people. Top topics: Lease Takeover Rooms, Roommates Renting and Roommates Wanted.

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r/NYCroommates

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+110%in 12 months · +8.5% in 3 months · +1.8% in 1 month
Oct 202641k
Growing41k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Feb 2021)
Live · through Oct 2026
r/NYCroommates

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+23%vs Sep 2025 · −6.1% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026645
BusierPeaked at 896 in Jun 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/NYCroommates

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Lease Takeover Rooms28%
  2. Roommates Renting3.5%
  3. Roommates Wanted1.1%
  4. Roommate Rentals0.9%
  5. Roommate Searches0.9%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. StreetEasy
  2. Zillow
  3. LinkedIn
  4. listingsproject.com
  5. Apartments

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