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Santa Barbara

The Santa Barbara, California Reddit community.

60k subscribers461 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)362 authors / mosince 2009

r/SantaBarbara has 60k members (+20% over the last 12 months). It gets about 461 posts a month from 362 people. Top topics: California Housing Crisis, Moving to North California Cities and Road Closures and Projects.

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Size and growth

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+20%in 12 months · +3.6% in 3 months · +1.0% in 1 month
Oct 202660k
Growing60k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−18%vs Sep 2025 · −12% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026461
QuieterPeaked at 673 in Jul 2025
Sep 2026: incl. ~1% by known botsData 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. California Housing Crisis1.6%
  2. Moving to North California Cities1.5%
  3. Road Closures and Projects0.8%
  4. County COVID Updates0.7%
  5. California Wildfires0.6%

Brands people mention

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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

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