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Welcome to r/highspeedrail. The central hub of HSR fans on Reddit! A place to post all types of High Speed Rail content: News, Maps, Pictures, Videos, Discussions, etc

31k subscribers89 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~3% by known bots)65 authors / mosince 2011

r/highspeedrail has 31k members (+38% over the last 12 months). It gets about 89 posts a month from 65 people. Top topics: California High-Speed Rail, Japan Trains and Public Transit in California.

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Size and growth

How r/highspeedrail has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+38%in 12 months · +6.6% in 3 months · +2.0% in 1 month
Oct 202631k
Growing31k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+68%vs Sep 2025 · −4.1% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202689
BusierPeaked at 117 in Jul 2026
Sep 2026: incl. ~3% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/highspeedrail

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. California High-Speed Rail7.5%
  2. Japan Trains0.6%
  3. Public Transit in California0.6%
  4. Public Transport Maps and Stations0.5%
  5. Rail Services0.5%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. European Union
  2. CBC
  3. Substack
  4. International Union of Railways
  5. ScienceDirect

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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