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MassKillers

A subreddit centered on the phenomenon of mass murder and the perpetrators who commit them, their motivations, crimes and the psychology of these individuals. This subreddit is not meant to glorify mass killers, but rather to discuss and attempt to understand their behavior. A mass killer is defined as one person who kills 3 or more individuals arbitrarily in a contained population at a single point in time. This includes mass shooters, bombers, terrorists, and family annihilators.

234k subscribers329 posts / mo in Sep 2026166 authors / mosince 2018

r/masskillers has 234k members (+11% over the last 12 months). It gets about 329 posts a month from 166 people. Top topics: School Shootings & Safety, School Shootings & Videos and Shooting Incidents.

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Size and growth

How r/masskillers has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+11%in 12 months · +2.3% in 3 months · +0.5% in 1 month
Oct 2026234k
Growing234k subscribers
Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−48%vs Sep 2025 · −23% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026329
QuieterPeaked at 2k in Jul 2022
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/masskillers

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. School Shootings & Safety0.8%
  2. School Shootings & Videos0.6%
  3. Shooting Incidents0.5%
  4. Violence and Shootings0.5%
  5. Murder Arrests0.4%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Archive
  2. CBC
  3. CBS News
  4. Go
  5. FBI Human Resources Branch

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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