r/indepthstories↗
Investigative Journalism
60k subscribers65 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~9% by known bots)30 authors / mosince 2009
r/indepthstories has 60k members (+17% over the last 12 months). It gets about 65 posts a month from 30 people. Top topics: Campus Sexual Assault, Russian Espionage and Drug Overdose Crisis.
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How r/indepthstories has grown
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Topics and brands on r/indepthstories
Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- Campus Sexual Assault<0.1%
- Russian Espionage<0.1%
- Drug Overdose Crisis<0.1%
- Stolen Art<0.1%
- AI Apocalypse<0.1%
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Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Substack
- Bloomberg L.P.
- Grist
- The Observer
- Archive
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