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r/explainitpeter↗

Don’t understand it? Then come let Peter explain.

r/explainitpeter is a subreddit for the purpose of users to share images of things they don’t understand. Once the submission is submitted, commenters will then explain it in the first-person view of Family Guy’s Peter Griffin.

327k subscribers235 posts / mo in Sep 2026172 authors / mosince 2018

r/explainitpeter has 327k members (+182% over the last 12 months). It gets about 235 posts a month from 172 people. Top topics: Explain It Peter, Peter Memes and Petah Help.

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Size and growth

How r/explainitpeter has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+182%in 12 months · +7.6% in 3 months · +1.6% in 1 month
Oct 2026325k
Growing325k subscribers
Data since Nov 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+78%vs Sep 2025 · −15% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026235
BusierPeaked at 863 in Nov 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/explainitpeter

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Explain It Peter22%
  2. Peter Memes1.9%
  3. Petah Help0.5%
  4. Peter Griffin0.5%
  5. Family Guy Characters0.5%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Know Your Meme
  2. Wolfram
  3. xkcd
  4. TikTok
  5. Merriam-Webster

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Posting rules and account requirements, how often posts get removed, who writes here (age, gender, countries), what people ask for, how they talk, and related subreddits — all in the full report.

Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research