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WTF?!

Things that will make others say "What the F*ck".

7.1M subscribers621 posts / mo in Sep 2026484 authors / mosince 2008

r/WTF has 7.1M members (+0.9% over the last 12 months). It gets about 621 posts a month from 484 people. Top topics: Work Bathrooms, Old Books & Literature and Public Restrooms.

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Size and growth

How r/WTF has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+0.9%in 12 months · +0.2% in 3 months · +0.1% in 1 month
Oct 20267.1M
Growing7.1M subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−23%vs Sep 2025 · −18% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026621
QuieterPeaked at 4.3k in Jan 2022
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/WTF

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Work Bathrooms0.1%
  2. Old Books & Literature<0.1%
  3. Public Restrooms<0.1%
  4. Egg Discussions<0.1%
  5. Highway Cruising<0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

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

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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