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r/identifyThisForMe↗

A collaborative community built on curiosity. Post the mysteries you can’t figure out, help others solve theirs, and work together to turn “Identify this for me” into shared discoveries.

50k subscribers478 posts / mo in Sep 2026445 authors / mosince 2023

r/identifyThisForMe has 50k members (+651% over the last 12 months). It gets about 478 posts a month from 445 people. Top topics: Bed Bugs, Strange Finds and Mystery Objects.

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Size and growth

How r/identifyThisForMe has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+651%in 12 months · +144% in 3 months · +51% in 1 month
Oct 202649k
Growing49k subscribers
Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+115%vs Sep 2025 · +13% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026478
BusierPeaked at 478 in Sep 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/identifyThisForMe

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Bed Bugs0.7%
  2. Strange Finds0.7%
  3. Mystery Objects0.6%
  4. House Mysteries0.6%
  5. Old Editions & Collectibles0.4%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Drugs
  2. eBay
  3. etsy
  4. Wolfram
  5. Walmart

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Posting rules and account requirements, how often posts get removed, who writes here (age, gender, countries), what people ask for, how they talk, and related subreddits — all in the full report.

Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research