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r/arborists↗

We are a community of professionals and hobbyists within the field of arboriculture. This is a place just as much for shop talk as for questions regarding health and upkeep of trees.

496k subscribers1,271 posts / mo in Sep 20261,160 authors / mosince 2011

r/arborists has 496k members (+20% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,271 posts a month from 1,160 people. Top topics: Tree Maintenance & Neighbor Issues, Tree Troubleshooting and Tree Roots & Flare.

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Size and growth

How r/arborists has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+20%in 12 months · +4.1% in 3 months · +0.5% in 1 month
Oct 2026495k
Growing495k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−57%vs Sep 2025 · −43% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20261.3k
QuieterPeaked at 5.9k in May 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/arborists

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Tree Maintenance & Neighbor Issues11%
  2. Tree Troubleshooting6.4%
  3. Tree Roots & Flare5.5%
  4. Japanese Maples3.1%
  5. Oak Trees & Acorns2.5%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. TreesAreGood
  2. Wolfram
  3. University of Maryland
  4. UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
  5. Smithsonian Institution

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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