r/ancienthistory↗
Ancient History
A subreddit that focuses on history of the less recent kind. Example topics include Classical Greece, Rome, America and Egypt. This is the place to go for general news, videos, and discussion that might not fit into the more specific subreddits, but content that would be suitable there are also suitable here.
129k subscribers260 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~2% by known bots)171 authors / mosince 2011
r/ancienthistory has 129k members (+26% over the last 12 months). It gets about 260 posts a month from 171 people. Top topics: Ancient Egypt Discoveries, Ancient Discoveries in Turkey and Greco-Persian Wars.
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Ancient Egypt Discoveries1.7%
- Ancient Discoveries in Turkey1.7%
- Greco-Persian Wars1.6%
- Greek Tombs and Artifacts1.4%
- Hannibal's Campaigns1.1%
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- Substack
- Spotify
- Academia
- National Monuments Service
- Zenodo
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