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Fifth World Problems

Did a golden mouth appear in a bonfire and scream the date of your own death at you? Are pools of blood forming in your hands whenever you cup them, only to coagulate into the form of a tiny baby with three heads? Has Steve stolen the vowels in your universe, again? Goddamn Steve... If so this may be the place for you.

196k subscribers84 posts / mo in Sep 202654 authors / mosince 2011

r/fifthworldproblems has 196k members (+3.6% over the last 12 months). It gets about 84 posts a month from 54 people. Top topics: Stuck Areas Help, Cat Adventures & Oddities and Parallel Universes & Dimensions.

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Size and growth

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+3.6%in 12 months · +0.5% in 3 months · +0.1% in 1 month
Oct 2026196k
Growing196k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−54%vs Sep 2025 · −32% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202684
QuieterPeaked at 321 in Mar 2022
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/fifthworldproblems

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Stuck Areas Help0.2%
  2. Cat Adventures & Oddities0.2%
  3. Parallel Universes & Dimensions0.2%
  4. Klondike Moments0.1%
  5. Meme Culture0.1%

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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