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No puzzle left behind 🧩 🏃🏻‍♀️ A New York Times Games subreddit

8.4k subscribers252 posts / mo in Sep 2026141 authors / mosince 2024

r/NYTgames has 8.4k members (+196% over the last 12 months). It gets about 252 posts a month from 141 people. Top topics: Crossword Puzzles, Word Games and Crossplay Discussions.

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Size and growth

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+196%in 12 months · +23% in 3 months · +4.1% in 1 month
Oct 20268.3k
Growing8.3k subscribers
Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+37%vs Sep 2025 · +33% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026252
BusierPeaked at 305 in Feb 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/NYTgames

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Crossword Puzzles8.5%
  2. Word Games6.5%
  3. Crossplay Discussions3.7%
  4. Puzzle Games1.8%
  5. Puzzle Challenges0.8%

Brands people mention

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