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Birdwatching

127k subscribers488 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)266 authors / mosince 2014

r/birdwatching has 127k members (+31% over the last 12 months). It gets about 488 posts a month from 266 people. Top topics: Bird Watching & Photography, Bird Identification and Bird Watching.

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Size and growth

How r/birdwatching has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+31%in 12 months · +4.8% in 3 months · +1.0% in 1 month
Oct 2026127k
Growing127k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−19%vs Sep 2025 · −33% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026488
QuieterPeaked at 1.1k in Apr 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/birdwatching

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Bird Watching & Photography2.8%
  2. Bird Identification2.5%
  3. Bird Watching1.5%
  4. Birds of Prey and Wagtails1.2%
  5. Kenyan Birds0.9%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Hive
  2. All About Birds
  3. eBird
  4. Macaulay Library
  5. etsy

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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