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r/OrphanCrushingMachine↗

A subreddit for news stories involving themes such as generosity, self-sacrifice, overcoming hardship, etc., presented as 'wholesome' or 'uplifting' without criticism of the situation's causes (notably, systemic problems).

232k subscribers64 posts / mo in Sep 202658 authors / mosince 2020

r/OrphanCrushingMachine has 232k members (+13% over the last 12 months). It gets about 64 posts a month from 58 people. Top topics: Crowdfunding Causes, Free School Meals and CharityDonations.

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Size and growth

How r/OrphanCrushingMachine has grown

r/OrphanCrushingMachine

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+13%in 12 months · +1.8% in 3 months · +0.4% in 1 month
Oct 2026232k
Growing232k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Oct 2020)
Live · through Oct 2026
r/OrphanCrushingMachine

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−26%vs Sep 2025 · +8.0% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202664
QuieterPeaked at 708 in Apr 2023
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/OrphanCrushingMachine

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Crowdfunding Causes0.8%
  2. Free School Meals0.4%
  3. CharityDonations0.3%
  4. Free Meals0.3%
  5. Dog Rescues and Shelters0.3%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Yahoo!
  2. Upworthy
  3. GoFundMe
  4. CBS News
  5. NPR

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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