r/Shortages↗
This community facilitates the sharing of information on post-COVID shortages and observations of things in short supply in your area or line of work.
58k subscribers63 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~6% by known bots)44 authors / mosince 2021
r/Shortages has 58k members (+51% over the last 12 months). It gets about 63 posts a month from 44 people. Top topics: Shipping Ports, Gas Stations & Propane and Grocery Stores.
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Shipping Ports0.9%
- Gas Stations & Propane0.7%
- Grocery Stores0.6%
- Used Car Prices0.4%
- Aldi Stores0.3%
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Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Substack
- Archive
- Archive
- Yahoo!
- MSN
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