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Ants!

Ants are social insects that form colonies that range in size from a few dozen predatory individuals living in small natural cavities to highly organized colonies which may occupy large territories and consist of millions of individuals... http://reddit.com/r/antcolony and http://reddit.com/r/antsinanantcolony to RPGs.

48k subscribers321 posts / mo in Sep 2026281 authors / mosince 2008

r/ants has 48k members (+19% over the last 12 months). It gets about 321 posts a month from 281 people. Top topics: Ant Identification, Ant Colonies & Queens and Queen Ants.

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Size and growth

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+19%in 12 months · +3.2% in 3 months · +0.7% in 1 month
Oct 202647k
Growing47k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−20%vs Sep 2025 · −22% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026321
QuieterPeaked at 718 in Jul 2022
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/ants

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Ant Identification11%
  2. Ant Colonies & Queens9.6%
  3. Queen Ants8.3%
  4. Ant Colonies & Species7.1%
  5. Ant Keeping5.3%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. iNaturalist
  2. BugGuide
  3. Doi
  4. Wiley
  5. itch

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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