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Dead Malls

For pictures, articles, videos and discussions of malls from the past...and current malls in their dead, dying, abandoned or currently being demolished state. Official Subreddit of DMOD (Discord) and DAMO (Osmium)!

233k subscribers143 posts / mo in Sep 2026100 authors / mosince 2013

r/deadmalls has 233k members (+7.1% over the last 12 months). It gets about 143 posts a month from 100 people. Top topics: Shopping Malls, Dead Malls and Abandoned Malls.

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Size and growth

How r/deadmalls has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+7.1%in 12 months · +1.5% in 3 months · +0.4% in 1 month
Oct 2026233k
Growing233k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/deadmalls

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−14%vs Sep 2025 · −9.3% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026143
QuieterPeaked at 246 in Mar 2023
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/deadmalls

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Shopping Malls18%
  2. Dead Malls6.0%
  3. Abandoned Malls4.1%
  4. Store Closures2.2%
  5. Sears Closures0.8%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Sears Holdings Corporation
  2. Flickr
  3. Archive
  4. Yahoo!
  5. Chron

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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