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r/Sprinting↗

a community for people who like to run - very fast

New sprinters please read the Resource list and FAQ! If you enjoy running really fast, this is the place for you. We are a community composed of coaches and athletes in high school, college, and post-collegiate. We discuss of race tactics, programming concepts, training advice, research in the field as it relates to sprinting, and news around the professional scene.

51k subscribers278 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)193 authors / mosince 2012

r/Sprinting has 51k members (+22% over the last 12 months). It gets about 278 posts a month from 193 people. Top topics: World Records Runs, Running Injuries and World Records Marathon Championships.

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Size and growth

How r/Sprinting has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+22%in 12 months · +3.2% in 3 months · +0.7% in 1 month
Oct 202651k
Growing51k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−35%vs Sep 2025 · −35% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026278
QuieterPeaked at 933 in Apr 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/Sprinting

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. World Records Runs2.6%
  2. Running Injuries2.1%
  3. World Records Marathon Championships1.4%
  4. Track and Field Meets1.2%
  5. Running Pace Optimization0.6%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. TikTok
  2. Apple
  3. Doi
  4. Qualtrics
  5. ResearchGate

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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