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Community for fans of The Rest is Science, with Hannah Fry and Michael Stevens (aka Vsauce) "Whether you’re a lifelong science fan or just naturally curious, join mathematician Professor Hannah Fry and science creator Michael Stevens (aka Vsauce) as they dig into the scientific questions that often go unexplored!", a show created by GoalHanger Join here for discussion about the show episodes, and science.

18k subscribers751 posts / mo in Sep 2026585 authors / mosince 2025

r/TheRestIsScience has 18k members. It gets about 751 posts a month from 585 people. Top topics: Michael, Podcast Episodes & Favorites and Fantasy Fiction Reads.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+3150%since May 2026
Oct 202617k
Growing17k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Nov 2025)
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+37450%vs Nov 2025 · +4045% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026751
BusierPeaked at 751 in Sep 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/TheRestIsScience

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Michael1.2%
  2. Podcast Episodes & Favorites0.9%
  3. Fantasy Fiction Reads0.4%
  4. Michael and Jan Moments0.4%
  5. Hannah Stories0.4%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. xkcd
  2. NASA
  3. arXiv.org e-Print archive
  4. Nature
  5. ScienceDirect

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