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589k subscribers2,528 posts / mo in Sep 20261,430 authors / mosince 2008

r/answers has 589k members (+37% over the last 12 months). It gets about 2,528 posts a month from 1,430 people. Top topics: VPN Usage & Issues, Finance Careers and Cooking Disasters & Debates.

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Size and growth

How r/answers has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+37%in 12 months · +7.1% in 3 months · +1.6% in 1 month
Oct 2026587k
Growing587k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+373%vs Sep 2025 · +46% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20262.5k
BusierPeaked at 2.7k in Aug 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/answers

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. VPN Usage & Issues<0.1%
  2. Finance Careers<0.1%
  3. Cooking Disasters & Debates<0.1%
  4. Dog Intelligence & Behavior<0.1%
  5. Country Futures<0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. NPR
  2. IMDb
  3. ScienceDirect
  4. xkcd
  5. 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