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r/ThatLooksExpensive↗

A place to share photos and videos of mishaps, mistakes, or sheer incompetence that led to costly accidents. Watch things go wrong in the most expensive ways and learn to cringe, laugh, and gasp, all in one place.

86k subscribers63 posts / mo in Sep 202636 authors / mosince 2019

r/ThatLooksExpensive has 86k members (+133% over the last 12 months). It gets about 63 posts a month from 36 people. Top topics: Car Crashes and Mishaps, Car Crashes and Truck Accidents and Adventures.

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Size and growth

How r/ThatLooksExpensive has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+133%in 12 months · +9.9% in 3 months · +2.7% in 1 month
Oct 202685k
Growing85k subscribers
Data since Apr 2020Live · through Oct 2026
r/ThatLooksExpensive

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+385%vs Sep 2025 · −24% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202663
BusierPeaked at 135 in Nov 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/ThatLooksExpensive

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Car Crashes and Mishaps3.0%
  2. Car Crashes1.4%
  3. Truck Accidents and Adventures1.2%
  4. Car Accidents1.0%
  5. Plane Crashes0.6%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Tenor

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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