r/aviation↗
Aircraft, airplanes, aviation, and flying. Helicopters & rotorcraft, airships, balloons, paragliders, and anything that sustains you in the air is acceptable to post here. Please read our rules before posting, and check if there are megathreads active for any topics. Thank you for participating in the r/aviation community.
2.8M subscribers2,311 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)1,677 authors / mosince 2008
r/aviation has 2.8M members (+7.9% over the last 12 months). It gets about 2,311 posts a month from 1,677 people. Top topics: Plane Identification, Boeing 737 MAX and Airbus A380.
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How r/aviation has grown
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Topics and brands on r/aviation
Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- Plane Identification0.6%
- Boeing 737 MAX0.6%
- Airbus A3800.4%
- Aircraft Identification0.4%
- Boeing 747 & Aviation History0.4%
Brands people mention
Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Aviation Safety Network
- Flightradar24
- Simple Flying
- FlightAware
- ADS-B Exchange
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