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r/NameThisThing↗

Give creative names to things people share

An AI free space of an image of something that is posted, and creative names are given in the comments. They don't have to be the proper name. No NSFW or AI content please. Also if you are looking to identify something try: r/whatisthisthing

148k subscribers1,585 posts / mo in Sep 2026796 authors / mosince 2018

r/NameThisThing has 148k members (+156% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,585 posts a month from 796 people. Top topics: Cat Naming Help, Puppy Naming Help and Name Suggestions.

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Size and growth

How r/NameThisThing has grown

r/NameThisThing

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+156%in 12 months · +13% in 3 months · +2.7% in 1 month
Oct 2026147k
Growing147k subscribers
Data since Sep 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/NameThisThing

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−29%vs Sep 2025 · −32% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20261.6k
QuieterPeaked at 2.9k in May 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/NameThisThing

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Cat Naming Help3.4%
  2. Puppy Naming Help1.5%
  3. Name Suggestions1.1%
  4. Name Suggestions1.1%
  5. Name Suggestions for Little Girls0.7%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Spotify
  2. Tenor
  3. GIPHY
  4. IMDb
  5. TikTok

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Everything else about r/NameThisThing

Posting rules and account requirements, how often posts get removed, who writes here (age, gender, countries), what people ask for, how they talk, and related subreddits — all in the full report.

Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research