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The goal of r/Education is to provide a community in which educational stakeholders can participate in meaningful, reflective, and thought-provoking discourse about educational policy, research, technology, and politics. Additional Keywords, teachers, students, education

247k subscribers689 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)321 authors / mosince 2008

r/education has 247k members (+13% over the last 12 months). It gets about 689 posts a month from 321 people. Top topics: Common Core & Standardized Testing, American School Issues and Educational Inequality.

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How r/education has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+13%in 12 months · +4.4% in 3 months · +1.8% in 1 month
Oct 2026247k
Growing247k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/education

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−48%vs Sep 2025 · −38% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026689
QuieterPeaked at 1.5k in Mar 2026
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/education

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Common Core & Standardized Testing2.1%
  2. American School Issues1.2%
  3. Educational Inequality1.1%
  4. Education Reform & Policy1.0%
  5. TeachingJobsAndCareer1.0%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Substack
  2. ChatGPT
  3. Dropbox
  4. ScienceDirect
  5. Advocate

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