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Welcome to RuralUK! Work, live, visit or just have a general interest in the British countryside? well this is the subreddit for you, the only sub dedicated to all matters rural. We welcome everybody, no bulls, no electric fences, just stay on the footpath and keep your dogs on a lead please!

8.7k subscribers29 posts / mo in Sep 202611 authors / mosince 2021

r/RuralUK has 8.7k members (+104% over the last 12 months). It gets about 29 posts a month from 11 people. Top topics: Brexit and UK Farming, Scottish Wildlife Conservation and Fire Incidents.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+104%in 12 months · +8.3% in 3 months · +1.7% in 1 month
Oct 20268.7k
Growing8.7k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Sep 2021)
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−22%vs Sep 2025 · −49% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202629
QuieterPeaked at 101 in May 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

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Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Brexit and UK Farming2.9%
  2. Scottish Wildlife Conservation1.0%
  3. Fire Incidents0.9%
  4. Yorkshire Dales and North England0.6%
  5. Lake District England0.5%

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