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Epistemology

Epistemology is the branch of philosophy which studies knowledge. Conventionally, knowledge has been defined as true, justified belief, though this has increasingly come under critique. Major approaches include empiricism, rationalism, skepticism, pragmatism, and relativism.

20k subscribers48 posts / mo in Sep 202634 authors / mosince 2010

r/epistemology has 20k members (+64% over the last 12 months). It gets about 48 posts a month from 34 people. Top topics: Philosophy Discussions, Capitalism Debates and OpenAI Updates.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+64%in 12 months · +8.6% in 3 months · +3.1% in 1 month
Oct 202620k
Growing20k subscribers
Data since Jun 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+92%vs Sep 2025 · +18% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202648
BusierPeaked at 78 in Jan 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/epistemology

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Philosophy Discussions1.1%
  2. Capitalism Debates1.1%
  3. OpenAI Updates0.3%
  4. Cyberpunk Fiction0.3%
  5. TechnicallyTrue0.3%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Substack
  2. Stanford University
  3. Zenodo
  4. Medium
  5. cambridge.org

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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