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Science Fiction Concepts, Ideas, Plots, and Worldbuilding

scifi ideas and concepts. These science fiction concepts can be based in hard sci-fi or can come from science fantasy. The only thing that matters is that the concepts could be reasonably found in a SF book, film or short story. If you have too many ideas to write about or are just looking for discussion then this is the right sub for you. Post your scifi concepts, ideas, plots and worldbuilding

31k subscribers115 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)96 authors / mosince 2010

r/SciFiConcepts has 31k members (+27% over the last 12 months). It gets about 115 posts a month from 96 people. Top topics: Alien Invasions, Space Travel Adventures and Alien Encounters and Human Futures.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+27%in 12 months · +5.6% in 3 months · +1.8% in 1 month
Oct 202631k
Growing31k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/SciFiConcepts

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+113%vs Sep 2025 · +7.6% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026115
BusierPeaked at 115 in Sep 2026
Sep 2026: incl. ~1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/SciFiConcepts

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Alien Invasions1.3%
  2. Space Travel Adventures1.1%
  3. Alien Encounters and Human Futures1.1%
  4. Humanity in Space1.0%
  5. Alien Encounters0.9%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Atomic Rockets
  2. Orion's Arm
  3. Substack
  4. Medium
  5. IMDb

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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