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r/longtermtravel↗

solo-travel community for long-term wanderers

This subreddit is for long-term travelers. There are other great subreddits out there covering anything from shoestring travel to general travel, hitchhiking to flight deals. This is more based on anything to do with long-term travel and the people who live it as a lifestyle.

34k subscribers186 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)162 authors / mosince 2013

r/longtermtravel has 34k members (+68% over the last 12 months). It gets about 186 posts a month from 162 people. Top topics: Solo Traveling, Himalayan Treks and Landscapes and Nepal Trekking Views.

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Size and growth

How r/longtermtravel has grown

r/longtermtravel

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+68%in 12 months · +20% in 3 months · +2.9% in 1 month
Oct 202633k
Growing33k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/longtermtravel

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+354%vs Sep 2025 · +42% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026186
BusierPeaked at 186 in Sep 2026
Sep 2026: incl. ~1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/longtermtravel

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Solo Traveling1.1%
  2. Himalayan Treks and Landscapes0.6%
  3. Nepal Trekking Views0.6%
  4. Travel Memories0.6%
  5. Solo Travel Europe0.6%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Booking
  2. Apple
  3. Workaway
  4. Trip.com Official Site‎‎
  5. eSIMDB

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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