r/breakingnews↗
Breaking News From Around The World
Bringing Reddit the quickest, and most up to date information from the world of news as it happens. Twitter and Site links approved.
30k subscribers41 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~5% by known bots)25 authors / mosince 2009
r/breakingnews has 30k members (+51% over the last 12 months). It gets about 41 posts a month from 25 people. Top topics: Israeli-Gaza Conflict, Tropical Storms & Hurricanes and Gaza Hospitals Conflict.
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Israeli-Gaza Conflict0.2%
- Tropical Storms & Hurricanes0.1%
- Gaza Hospitals Conflict0.1%
- Israel-Iran Conflict0.1%
- Gaza Conflict0.1%
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Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Mail Online
- CBS News
- Yahoo!
- The Intercept
- Politico
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