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r/PlantedTank↗

Everything you need to know about the planted aquarium, and then some!

A place for aquatic flora and fauna enthusiasts! Whether you have a question to ask or a planted tank to show off, this is the place.

439k subscribers1,808 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)1,295 authors / mosince 2011

r/PlantedTank has 439k members (+12% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,808 posts a month from 1,295 people. Top topics: Planted Tanks, Aquarium Tanks and Aquarium Tanks.

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Size and growth

How r/PlantedTank has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+12%in 12 months · +2.0% in 3 months · +0.4% in 1 month
Oct 2026439k
Growing439k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−36%vs Sep 2025 · −11% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20261.8k
QuieterPeaked at 3.3k in Jan 2022
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/PlantedTank

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Planted Tanks7.2%
  2. Aquarium Tanks3.2%
  3. Aquarium Tanks2.3%
  4. Planted Tanks2.0%
  5. Aquascape & Hardscape1.9%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. The 2Hour Aquarist
  2. etsy
  3. Aquarium Co-Op
  4. Buce Plant
  5. Aquarium Science

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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