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Self-Driving Cars – Look, no hands!

News and discussion about Autonomous Vehicles and Advanced Driving Assistance Systems (ADAS).

117k subscribers348 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)122 authors / mosince 2012

r/SelfDrivingCars has 117k members (+12% over the last 12 months). It gets about 348 posts a month from 122 people. Top topics: Self-Driving Cars, Self-Driving Cars and Self-Driving Cars.

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Size and growth

How r/SelfDrivingCars has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+12%in 12 months · +2.7% in 3 months · +0.5% in 1 month
Oct 2026117k
Growing117k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/SelfDrivingCars

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+72%vs Sep 2025 · +15% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026348
BusierPeaked at 435 in Jul 2025
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/SelfDrivingCars

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Self-Driving Cars6.2%
  2. Self-Driving Cars5.8%
  3. Self-Driving Cars2.4%
  4. Self-Driving Cars2.2%
  5. Driverless Futures2.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Waymo
  2. Electrek
  3. Tesla
  4. TechCrunch
  5. Cnbc

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