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Welcome to /r/BoltAction! (Achtung Panzer! & Konflikt 47' too!) The only sub for the WWII tabletop game, created by Rick Priestley and Alessio Cavatore of ex-Games Workshop fame.

41k subscribers522 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~2% by known bots)319 authors / mosince 2013

r/boltaction has 41k members (+24% over the last 12 months). It gets about 522 posts a month from 319 people. Top topics: Bolt Action Gaming, Paratrooper Starter Lists and German Warfare.

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Size and growth

How r/boltaction has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+24%in 12 months · +4.7% in 3 months · +0.9% in 1 month
Oct 202641k
Growing41k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−16%vs Sep 2025 · +3.2% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026522
QuieterPeaked at 851 in Jan 2025
Sep 2026: incl. ~2% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/boltaction

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Bolt Action Gaming6.2%
  2. Paratrooper Starter Lists5.8%
  3. German Warfare2.4%
  4. Soviet and Finnish Starter Strategies2.4%
  5. Napoleonic Infantry Warfare1.5%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. MyMiniFactory
  2. Cults
  3. etsy
  4. Perry Miniatures
  5. Wargames Atlantic

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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