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How It's Made

46k subscribers4 posts / mo in Sep 20264 authors / mosince 2010

r/howitsmade has 46k members (+55% over the last 12 months). It gets about 4 posts a month from 4 people. Top topics: Shoe Crafting, Metal Casting and Rug Making.

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Size and growth

How r/howitsmade has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+55%in 12 months · +7.6% in 3 months · +1.8% in 1 month
Sep 202645k
Growing45k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Sep 2026
r/howitsmade

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−43%vs Sep 2025 · −56% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20264
QuieterPeaked at 25 in Dec 2022
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/howitsmade

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Shoe Crafting0.4%
  2. Metal Casting0.4%
  3. Rug Making0.4%
  4. Hot Dogs0.4%
  5. Diamonds & Lab-Grown Gems0.3%

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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