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IRLSmurfing: Real life smurfs

A celebrity or professional pretending to be amateur usually under disguise. The video has to be an activity that the person is known for. For example, a professional tennis player pretending to be an amateur tennis player or a famous singer smurfing as an unknown singer. For videos of celebrities just going undercover and not doing the activity they are known for please submit to /r/UndercoverCelebs. Please search if a video has been posted before.

103k subscribers2 posts / mo in Sep 20262 authors / mosince 2015

r/irlsmurfing has 103k members (+0.3% over the last 12 months). It gets about 2 posts a month from 2 people. Top topics: Smurfing Issues, Piano Performances and Smash Bros.

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Size and growth

How r/irlsmurfing has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+0.3%in 12 months · +0.1% in 3 months
Oct 2026103k
Growing103k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−83%vs Sep 2025 · +0.0% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20262
QuieterPeaked at 22 in Aug 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/irlsmurfing

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Smurfing Issues1.1%
  2. Piano Performances0.6%
  3. Smash Bros0.2%
  4. Driving Tests & Safety0.2%
  5. Late Night Host Conan O'Brien0.2%

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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