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RBI: Reddit Bureau of Investigation

Using the power of the internet to solve real-world problems.

877k subscribers324 posts / mo in Sep 2026289 authors / mosince 2012

r/RBI has 877k members (+6.7% over the last 12 months). It gets about 324 posts a month from 289 people. Top topics: Missing Persons Help, Hit-and-Run Crashes and Weird YouTube Channels.

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Size and growth

How r/RBI has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+6.7%in 12 months · +1.1% in 3 months · +0.3% in 1 month
Oct 2026877k
Growing877k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−33%vs Sep 2025 · −5.7% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026324
QuieterPeaked at 786 in Jan 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/RBI

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Missing Persons Help1.4%
  2. Hit-and-Run Crashes0.7%
  3. Weird YouTube Channels0.7%
  4. Hit and Run Identification0.4%
  5. Help Identify Vehicles Involved in Crime0.3%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. TikTok
  2. Newspapers
  3. Dropbox
  4. FBI Human Resources Branch
  5. Ancestry

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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