r/darksky↗
r/DarkSky - Enjoy the Stars!
Dedicated to finding, sharing, and preserving the best places to see the stars. Feel free to share stories, photos, and anything else related to observing the night's sky, including stargazing, dark sky sites, astrotourism, and light pollution issues.
41k subscribers40 posts / mo in Sep 202615 authors / mosince 2014
r/darksky has 41k members (+18% over the last 12 months). It gets about 40 posts a month from 15 people. Top topics: Dark Sky Parks, Light Pollution and Traffic Lights and Flow.
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How r/darksky has grown
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Topics and brands on r/darksky
Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- Dark Sky Parks20%
- Light Pollution12%
- Traffic Lights and Flow1.7%
- Stargazing Spots1.5%
- Stargazing Events0.8%
Brands people mention
Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- David Lorenz
- Space
- ScienceDirect
- Timeanddate
- Austin American-Statesman
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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