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Stallman was Right

Nobody listens to him. But he was right all along.

49k subscribers55 posts / mo in Sep 202617 authors / mosince 2015

r/StallmanWasRight has 49k members (+4.0% over the last 12 months). It gets about 55 posts a month from 17 people. Top topics: Printer Issues & Tips, Google Privacy Tracking and Net Neutrality.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+4.0%in 12 months · +1.3% in 3 months
Oct 202649k
Growing49k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/StallmanWasRight

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+72%vs Sep 2025 · +58% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202655
BusierPeaked at 134 in Oct 2021
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/StallmanWasRight

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Printer Issues & Tips0.3%
  2. Google Privacy Tracking0.3%
  3. Net Neutrality0.3%
  4. Facebook Privacy Issues0.2%
  5. Broadband Debate0.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. 404media
  2. Yahoo!
  3. Techdirt
  4. GNU Project
  5. The Verge

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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