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r/confidentlyincorrect↗

For those times when people are way too smug about their wrong answer

1.2M subscribers244 posts / mo in Sep 2026204 authors / mosince 2020

r/confidentlyincorrect has 1.2M members (+4.8% over the last 12 months). It gets about 244 posts a month from 204 people. Top topics: SpellingErrors, SpellingErrors and DumbAndIdioticRoasts.

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Size and growth

How r/confidentlyincorrect has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+4.8%in 12 months · +0.7% in 3 months · +0.2% in 1 month
Oct 20261.2M
Growing1.2M subscribers
Data since Apr 2020Live · through Oct 2026
r/confidentlyincorrect

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−29%vs Sep 2025 · −5.0% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026244
QuieterPeaked at 1.8k in Mar 2022
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/confidentlyincorrect

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. SpellingErrors0.2%
  2. SpellingErrors0.1%
  3. DumbAndIdioticRoasts0.1%
  4. Self Esteem & Confidence0.1%
  5. Grammar Nazis0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Merriam-Webster
  2. xkcd
  3. cambridge.org
  4. Dictionary
  5. NPR

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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