r/PublicFreakout↗
/r/PublicFreakout
A subreddit dedicated to people freaking out, melting down, losing their cool, or being weird in public.
4.9M subscribers1,722 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)804 authors / mosince 2013
r/PublicFreakout has 4.9M members (+3.0% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,722 posts a month from 804 people. Top topics: Mask Controversies and Incidents, Crime and Violence and Road Rage Incidents.
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Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- Mask Controversies and Incidents0.4%
- Crime and Violence0.3%
- Road Rage Incidents0.3%
- School Brawls0.3%
- Road Rage Incidents0.2%
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- TikTok
- NPR
- CBS News
- Yahoo!
- Tenor
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