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**/r/cosmology** - a community for questions, discussions, and articles about cosmology.

144k subscribers63 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~8% by known bots)51 authors / mosince 2009

r/cosmology has 144k members (+20% over the last 12 months). It gets about 63 posts a month from 51 people. Top topics: Big Bang Theory, Dark Matter Mysteries and Galaxy Exploration.

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Size and growth

How r/cosmology has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+20%in 12 months · +3.5% in 3 months · +0.6% in 1 month
Oct 2026144k
Growing144k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−73%vs Sep 2025 · −28% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202663
QuieterPeaked at 286 in Jun 2025
Sep 2026: incl. ~8% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/cosmology

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Big Bang Theory5.2%
  2. Dark Matter Mysteries1.9%
  3. Galaxy Exploration1.3%
  4. James Webb Galaxies Cluster0.7%
  5. Interstellar Objects & Stars0.7%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. arXiv.org e-Print archive
  2. Reddit Help
  3. Doi
  4. Zenodo
  5. NASA

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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