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r/Unexpected↗

This subreddit is for unexpected twists in videos and gifs.

12.1M subscribers1,798 posts / mo in Sep 20261,157 authors / mosince 2013

r/Unexpected has 12.1M members (+3.9% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,798 posts a month from 1,157 people. Top topics: Funny Finds, Skateboarding and Comic Art.

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Size and growth

How r/Unexpected has grown

r/Unexpected

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+3.9%in 12 months · +0.7% in 3 months · +0.1% in 1 month
Oct 202612.1M
Growing12.1M subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/Unexpected

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−18%vs Sep 2025 · −11% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20261.8k
QuieterPeaked at 13k in Sep 2021
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/Unexpected

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Funny Finds0.2%
  2. Skateboarding0.1%
  3. Comic Art0.1%
  4. CuteKittens0.1%
  5. Cat Adventures & Oddities0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. TikTok
  2. Tenor
  3. IMDb
  4. GIPHY
  5. xkcd

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Everything else about r/Unexpected

Posting rules and account requirements, how often posts get removed, who writes here (age, gender, countries), what people ask for, how they talk, and related subreddits — all in the full report.

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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