r/animalid↗
Animal Identification
This subreddit helps users identify animal species from pictures, videos, audio or calls, tracks, dens, scat, etc. All ID requests should include the animal's LOCATION (country, state, city, name of ocean or coast). This sub is NOT for identifying breed info for cats/dogs or identifying insects/parasites. Comments should be helpful or educational only, and advice should be legal and humane. Welcome!
360k subscribers809 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)740 authors / mosince 2010
r/animalid has 360k members (+20% over the last 12 months). It gets about 809 posts a month from 740 people. Top topics: Rodent Identification, TurtleIdentificationHelp and Cougars and Tracks.
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Topics and brands on r/animalid
Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- Rodent Identification2.2%
- TurtleIdentificationHelp1.6%
- Cougars and Tracks1.5%
- Wild Canid Identification1.4%
- Beach Washups1.3%
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Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Buymeacoffee
- ScienceDirect
- www.elsevier.com
- iNaturalist
- Wiley
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