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Analog Photography

Film photography subreddit. Ask anything about analog photography in our weekly "ask anything" thread, or share photos. For discussion of how to shoot film, buying advice, or what went wrong on your first roll head on over to /r/analogcommunity.

2.7M subscribers2,438 posts / mo in Sep 20261,366 authors / mosince 2009

r/analog has 2.7M members (+2.3% over the last 12 months). It gets about 2,438 posts a month from 1,366 people. Top topics: Mamiya Portra Photography, Film and Lenses and Pentax Films and Photography.

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Size and growth

How r/analog has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+2.3%in 12 months · +0.5% in 3 months · +0.1% in 1 month
Oct 20262.7M
Growing2.7M subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−39%vs Sep 2025 · −11% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20262.4k
QuieterPeaked at 7.9k in Jan 2022
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/analog

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Mamiya Portra Photography3.1%
  2. Film and Lenses3.0%
  3. Pentax Films and Photography3.0%
  4. Vintage Cameras2.6%
  5. Film Photography Adventures2.3%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Flickr
  2. Apple
  3. Butkus
  4. B&H Photo Video
  5. Camera-wiki

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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