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audiobooks: a community of audiobibliophiles sharing and looking for their next great listen

The audiobooks subreddit is a community of audiobibliophiles sharing and looking for their next great listen.

355k subscribers592 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~2% by known bots)509 authors / mosince 2008

r/audiobooks has 355k members (+17% over the last 12 months). It gets about 592 posts a month from 509 people. Top topics: Audiobooks & Narration, Audiobook Narrators and Audiobooks Free & Frugal.

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Size and growth

How r/audiobooks has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+17%in 12 months · +3.0% in 3 months · +0.7% in 1 month
Oct 2026354k
Growing354k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/audiobooks

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+2.2%vs Sep 2025 · +5.1% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026592
BusierPeaked at 715 in Mar 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/audiobooks

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Audiobooks & Narration7.0%
  2. Audiobook Narrators6.6%
  3. Audiobooks Free & Frugal6.4%
  4. Free Audiobook Codes5.8%
  5. Audiobook Recommendations5.7%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Libro
  2. Apple
  3. Goodreads
  4. Spotify
  5. Downpour

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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