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Fountain Pen Trading & Sales

A place to buy & sell fountain pens and related writing utensils, ink, paper, and accessories.

87k subscribers1,846 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)840 authors / mosince 2012

r/Pen_Swap has 87k members (+26% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,846 posts a month from 840 people. Top topics: Fountain Pens & Accessories, WTS Pens and Vintage and Pilot Pens.

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Size and growth

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+26%in 12 months · +5.5% in 3 months · +1.1% in 1 month
Oct 202686k
Growing86k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+50%vs Sep 2025 · +6.0% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20261.8k
BusierPeaked at 1.9k in Aug 2026
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/Pen_Swap

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Fountain Pens & Accessories8.6%
  2. WTS Pens7.0%
  3. Vintage and Pilot Pens6.3%
  4. Ink Samples & Sales5.5%
  5. Pelikan WTS4.8%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. PostImages
  2. Flickr
  3. Dropbox
  4. iCloud
  5. Mountain of Ink

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