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Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena / Unidentified Aerial Phenomena

Created in 2011. A community for serious UAP-related discussion, aiming to find the signal amongst considerable noise. Please read our posting rules.

231k subscribers133 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)98 authors / mosince 2011

r/UAP has 231k members (+10% over the last 12 months). It gets about 133 posts a month from 98 people. Top topics: UAP Science & Research, UAP Footage & Sighting and UAP Disclosure Legislation.

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Size and growth

How r/UAP has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+10%in 12 months · +1.5% in 3 months · +0.4% in 1 month
Oct 2026231k
Growing231k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−58%vs Sep 2025 · −39% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026133
QuieterPeaked at 2.1k in Dec 2024
Sep 2026: incl. ~1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/UAP

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. UAP Science & Research3.4%
  2. UAP Footage & Sighting3.3%
  3. UAP Disclosure Legislation3.0%
  4. UFO/UAP Phenomenon2.4%
  5. Congressional UFO Hearings2.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Substack
  2. Medium
  3. ModerateHatespeech
  4. New Paradigm Institute
  5. NASA

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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