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Retconned: Mandela Effect, Berenstein Bears & Other Dilemnas

A public sub for those experiencing the phenomenon of the Retcon Effect, or Real-Life Retroactive Continuity, sometimes known as the Mandela Effect. This sub is meant to be a place to discuss the effect under the presupposition that for whatever reason, *it is really happening,* at the exclusion of the theory of Confabulation. [Please sort by HOT to find the sticky post for additional information.]

118k subscribers96 posts / mo in Sep 202675 authors / mosince 2016

r/Retconned has 118k members (+6.2% over the last 12 months). It gets about 96 posts a month from 75 people. Top topics: SpellingErrors, Movie Quotes and Sky Sights.

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Size and growth

How r/Retconned has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+6.2%in 12 months · +1.1% in 3 months · +0.2% in 1 month
Oct 2026118k
Growing118k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+0.0%vs Sep 2025 · +1.8% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202696
BusierPeaked at 426 in Dec 2021
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/Retconned

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. SpellingErrors0.1%
  2. Movie Quotes0.1%
  3. Sky Sights<0.1%
  4. PronunciationParadoxes<0.1%
  5. Old YouTube Videos<0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. TikTok
  2. IMDb
  3. NASA
  4. PostImages
  5. Wolfram

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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