r/VATSIM↗
Virtual Air Traffic Simulation Network
VATSIM (Virtual Air Traffic Simulation Network) is the go-to online flight simulation network, where virtual pilots can connect their flight simulators to a shared network and enjoy realistic communication and procedures by VATSIM's trained virtual Air Traffic Controllers. Since founded in 2001, VATSIM has built up a community of over 180,000 active users, making it the largest online flight simulator community.
23k subscribers113 posts / mo in Sep 202690 authors / mosince 2011
r/VATSIM has 23k members (+23% over the last 12 months). It gets about 113 posts a month from 90 people. Top topics: Flight Simulations & ATC, Flight Navigation Techniques and Aviation Pilots & ATC.
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How r/VATSIM has grown
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Topics and brands on r/VATSIM
Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- Flight Simulations & ATC40%
- Flight Navigation Techniques2.4%
- Aviation Pilots & ATC1.8%
- Aviation Radio Communication1.5%
- Flight Sim Cockpit1.3%
Brands people mention
Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- FlightAware
- Medal
- Twitch
- X-Plane
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