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r/birding↗

A place for birders to be

Birding. bird watching. twitching. listing. Whatever you want to call it, if you are looking at or listening to birds, this is where you should be.

761k subscribers2,376 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)1,353 authors / mosince 2008

r/birding has 761k members (+14% over the last 12 months). It gets about 2,376 posts a month from 1,353 people. Top topics: Birding, Birds of North America and Bird Watching & Photography.

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Size and growth

How r/birding has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+14%in 12 months · +1.9% in 3 months · +0.4% in 1 month
Oct 2026761k
Growing761k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−26%vs Sep 2025 · −44% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20262.4k
QuieterPeaked at 6.6k in May 2025
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/birding

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Birding1.3%
  2. Birds of North America1.3%
  3. Bird Watching & Photography1.1%
  4. Hummingbirds & Feeders1.1%
  5. Warblers1.0%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. All About Birds
  2. eBird
  3. Animal Help Now
  4. Macaulay Library
  5. iNaturalist

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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