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UC San Diego

Welcome to r/UCSD! This is a forum where the students, faculty, staff, alumni, and other individuals associated with the University of California San Diego can discuss, share, advise, and collaborate among themselves!

119k subscribers2,403 posts / mo in Sep 20261,344 authors / mosince 2009

r/UCSD has 119k members (+15% over the last 12 months). It gets about 2,403 posts a month from 1,344 people. Top topics: UC System Discussions, Grading Curves & Finals and Waitlists & Class Access.

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Size and growth

How r/UCSD has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+15%in 12 months · +2.9% in 3 months · +0.6% in 1 month
Oct 2026118k
Growing118k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+19%vs Sep 2025 · −10% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20262.4k
BusierPeaked at 3.2k in Apr 2022
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/UCSD

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. UC System Discussions3.2%
  2. Grading Curves & Finals1.0%
  3. Waitlists & Class Access0.9%
  4. Computer Science Courses0.9%
  5. Exams & Midterms0.8%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Qualtrics
  2. UCSD Guardian
  3. SheepTester
  4. San Diego Union-Tribune
  5. ASSIST

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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