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r/UrbanMyths↗

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Do you believe in **Bigfoot**? how about **Slenderman**? do you know who the **Slit-Mouth Woman** is? /r/urbanmyths is a subreddit dedicated to anything and everything Urban-Myth associated.

168k subscribers104 posts / mo in Sep 202692 authors / mosince 2011

r/UrbanMyths has 168k members (+27% over the last 12 months). It gets about 104 posts a month from 92 people. Top topics: Haunted Places, Bigfoot Sightings and Haunted Places.

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Size and growth

How r/UrbanMyths has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+27%in 12 months · +6.7% in 3 months · +1.2% in 1 month
Oct 2026167k
Growing167k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+58%vs Sep 2025 · +52% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026104
BusierPeaked at 104 in Sep 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/UrbanMyths

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Haunted Places3.2%
  2. Bigfoot Sightings0.9%
  3. Haunted Places0.6%
  4. Ghost Camera Captures0.6%
  5. Haunted Graveyards0.5%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Spotify
  2. TikTok
  3. CBS News
  4. Atlas Obscura
  5. IMDb

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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