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r/Waste↗

For discussion of the management of unwanted or unusable materials

4.3k subscribers6 posts / mo in Sep 20266 authors / mosince 2012

r/Waste has 4.3k members. It gets about 6 posts a month from 6 people. Top topics: Food Waste Solutions, City Waste Management and Recycling and Bin Collections.

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How r/Waste has grown

r/Waste

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+22%since May 2026
Oct 20264.3k
Growing4.3k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Apr 2012)
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r/Waste

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−71%vs Sep 2025 · −4.5% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20266
QuieterPeaked at 49 in Feb 2023
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/Waste

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Food Waste Solutions3.4%
  2. City Waste Management1.1%
  3. Recycling and Bin Collections0.5%
  4. Waste Management in India0.4%
  5. Water Contamination Issues0.4%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. ScienceDirect
  2. Interesting Engineering
  3. ScienceDaily
  4. Nature

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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