Skip to content

r/columbia↗

r/columbia: Virtual Low Steps

The unofficial subreddit of Columbia University and the Morningside Heights community in New York, NY.

54k subscribers366 posts / mo in Sep 2026184 authors / mosince 2008

r/columbia has 54k members (+12% over the last 12 months). It gets about 366 posts a month from 184 people. Top topics: Columbia Admissions & Aid, Grading Curves & Finals and Graduate Student Housing.

Free report

When to post on r/columbia

You've used today's free reports

Visitors without an account can open 3 subreddit reports a day. The best time to post on r/columbia, removal risk and the rest of the report are one step away.

Size and growth

How r/columbia has grown

r/columbia

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+12%in 12 months · +1.9% in 3 months · +0.5% in 1 month
Oct 202654k
Growing54k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/columbia

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−30%vs Sep 2025 · −23% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026366
QuieterPeaked at 1.1k in Apr 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/columbia

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Columbia Admissions & Aid6.1%
  2. Grading Curves & Finals1.5%
  3. Graduate Student Housing1.4%
  4. Columbia & Oberlin Campus Issues1.3%
  5. Fall Classes Online1.0%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Columbia Daily Spectator
  2. Change
  3. nyc

The full report

Everything else about r/columbia

Posting rules and account requirements, how often posts get removed, who writes here (age, gender, countries), what people ask for, how they talk, and related subreddits — all in the full report.

Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research

r/columbia stats: members, growth & best time to post | KissMyPost