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Hypothetical Situation

We are a fun, interesting, and creative subreddit for you to ask what others would do in certain hypothetical situations.

397k subscribers1,539 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)783 authors / mosince 2012

r/hypotheticalsituation has 397k members (+19% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,539 posts a month from 783 people. Top topics: Money Dilemmas, Superpower Choices and Immortality Tales.

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Size and growth

How r/hypotheticalsituation has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+19%in 12 months · +3.2% in 3 months · +0.8% in 1 month
Oct 2026396k
Growing396k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−11%vs Sep 2025 · −11% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20261.5k
QuieterPeaked at 3.2k in Oct 2024
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/hypotheticalsituation

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Money Dilemmas2.6%
  2. Superpower Choices0.6%
  3. Immortality Tales0.5%
  4. WYR Choices: Rich vs Poor0.4%
  5. Immortality & Lifespan Choices0.4%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Tenor
  2. xkcd
  3. Wolfram
  4. IMDb
  5. Merriam-Webster

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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