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Lost Places around the World

Pictures from abandoned, rotten, dark & rusty places. Don't ask where to find lost places and don't ask for locations!

24k subscribers58 posts / mo in Sep 202627 authors / mosince 2013

r/lostplaces has 24k members (+150% over the last 12 months). It gets about 58 posts a month from 27 people. Top topics: River Towns in Germany and Switzerland, Abandoned Houses and Medieval Castles.

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Size and growth

How r/lostplaces has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+150%in 12 months · +48% in 3 months
Oct 202624k
Growing24k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/lostplaces

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+49%vs Sep 2025 · +9.1% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202658
BusierPeaked at 74 in Aug 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/lostplaces

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. River Towns in Germany and Switzerland1.0%
  2. Abandoned Houses1.0%
  3. Medieval Castles0.6%
  4. Abandoned Houses0.4%
  5. Abandoned Factories0.4%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Substack

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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