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Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Reddit’s home for Artificial Intelligence (AI)

1.4M subscribers1,978 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~2% by known bots)1,423 authors / mosince 2008

r/artificial has 1.4M members (+16% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,978 posts a month from 1,423 people. Top topics: Future of AI, AGI Discussions and AI Dangers & Ethics.

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Size and growth

How r/artificial has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+16%in 12 months · +2.9% in 3 months · +0.7% in 1 month
Oct 20261.4M
Growing1.4M subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+34%vs Sep 2025 · −20% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20262k
BusierPeaked at 2.4k in Jun 2026
Sep 2026: incl. ~2% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/artificial

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Future of AI1.4%
  2. AGI Discussions1.2%
  3. AI Dangers & Ethics1.0%
  4. AI Apocalypse0.9%
  5. AI Futures & Fears0.8%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Substack
  2. arXiv.org e-Print archive
  3. Medium
  4. TechCrunch
  5. Openai

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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