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r/heat_prep↗

An extreme heat preparedness community: sharing information, innovative strategies, and cooling technology to protect health and wellbeing in the face of worsening extreme heat.

22k subscribers45 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~2% by known bots)32 authors / mosince 2024

r/heat_prep has 22k members. It gets about 45 posts a month from 32 people. Top topics: Prepping for Disasters, Weather Extremes and Heatwaves & Cooling Off.

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Size and growth

How r/heat_prep has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+106%since May 2026
Oct 202621k
Growing21k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (May 2024)
Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+221%vs Sep 2025 · +147% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202645
BusierPeaked at 152 in Jul 2026
Sep 2026: incl. ~2% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/heat_prep

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Prepping for Disasters1.0%
  2. Weather Extremes0.9%
  3. Heatwaves & Cooling Off0.7%
  4. California Weather Variability0.6%
  5. Heating and Cooling Solutions0.5%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Apple
  2. NPR
  3. CDC
  4. euronews
  5. Substack

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