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5.2k subscribers244 posts / mo in Sep 2026197 authors / mosince 2009

r/Thesis has 5.2k members. It gets about 244 posts a month from 197 people. Top topics: Writing Challenges, Thesis Defense and Research Reading Strategies.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+22%since May 2026 · +11% in 3 months · +3.0% in 1 month
Oct 20265.2k
Growing5.2k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Sep 2009)
Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+388%vs Sep 2025 · +46% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026244
BusierPeaked at 623 in Apr 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

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Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Writing Challenges16%
  2. Thesis Defense11%
  3. Research Reading Strategies3.4%
  4. PhD Defense Success Stories2.6%
  5. Essay Writing Challenges1.7%

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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