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The place to discuss climbing on reddit. Please post questions in the stickied question thread.

1.6M subscribers65 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~12% by known bots)47 authors / mosince 2008

r/climbing has 1.6M members (+1.8% over the last 12 months). It gets about 65 posts a month from 47 people. Top topics: Climbing, Bouldering Adventures and Rock Climbing.

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Size and growth

How r/climbing has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+1.8%in 12 months · +0.3% in 3 months · +0.1% in 1 month
Oct 20261.6M
Growing1.6M subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−39%vs Sep 2025 · −36% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202665
QuieterPeaked at 3k in Dec 2022
Sep 2026: incl. ~12% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/climbing

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Climbing3.4%
  2. Bouldering Adventures2.2%
  3. Rock Climbing2.0%
  4. Climbing Adventures1.9%
  5. Rock Climbing Adventures1.9%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Mountain Project
  2. Spotify
  3. Crag
  4. Substack
  5. UKClimbing

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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