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Alternate History

24k subscribers33 posts / mo in Sep 202626 authors / mosince 2011

r/althistory has 24k members (+20% over the last 12 months). It gets about 33 posts a month from 26 people. Top topics: Alternate Elections, Alternate Americas and Empire Histories.

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Size and growth

How r/althistory has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+20%in 12 months · +3.1% in 3 months · +0.5% in 1 month
Oct 202624k
Growing24k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−15%vs Sep 2025 · +1.2% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202633
QuieterPeaked at 83 in Apr 2022
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/althistory

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Alternate Elections2.1%
  2. Alternate Americas1.6%
  3. Empire Histories1.4%
  4. Civil War Alternate Histories1.4%
  5. Alternate Histories of America1.3%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. HISTORY

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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