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BadTattoos

A community for sharing bad tattoos.

339k subscribers136 posts / mo in Sep 2026119 authors / mosince 2010

r/badtattoos has 339k members (+2.2% over the last 12 months). It gets about 136 posts a month from 119 people. Top topics: Tattoo Artists & Tattoos, Friends' Tattoos and Tattooed Girls.

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Size and growth

How r/badtattoos has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+2.2%in 12 months · +0.4% in 3 months · +0.1% in 1 month
Oct 2026339k
Growing339k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−56%vs Sep 2025 · −19% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026136
QuieterPeaked at 677 in Jun 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/badtattoos

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Tattoo Artists & Tattoos4.2%
  2. Friends' Tattoos0.9%
  3. Tattooed Girls0.7%
  4. Tattoo Stories0.5%
  5. Tattoo Shops & Artists0.5%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. TikTok
  2. Pinterest
  3. Know Your Meme
  4. Tenor
  5. Wikimedia

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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

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