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r/NextBestBro↗

Looking for that next best friend you can count on to hang out, play games, watch films, or just be a friendly ear? Start your search here and meet other guys looking to find their next best friend!

16k subscribers530 posts / mo in Sep 2026260 authors / mosince 2020

r/NextBestBro has 16k members (+43% over the last 12 months). It gets about 530 posts a month from 260 people. Top topics: Hiking Groups, Make Friends and LGBTQ Bars and Meetups.

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Size and growth

How r/NextBestBro has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+43%in 12 months · +10% in 3 months · +2.7% in 1 month
Oct 202615k
Growing15k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Sep 2020)
Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−2.8%vs Sep 2025 · +8.2% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026530
QuieterPeaked at 667 in Jul 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/NextBestBro

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Hiking Groups0.5%
  2. Make Friends0.4%
  3. LGBTQ Bars and Meetups0.2%
  4. Gym Buddies0.2%

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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