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Megalophobia: Fear of Large Things

Fear of Large Things

1.2M subscribers279 posts / mo in Sep 2026227 authors / mosince 2014

r/megalophobia has 1.2M members (+5.6% over the last 12 months). It gets about 279 posts a month from 227 people. Top topics: Whale Encounters, TruckAndAgriculturalEquipment and Humpback Whales.

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Size and growth

How r/megalophobia has grown

r/megalophobia

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+5.6%in 12 months · +1.5% in 3 months · +0.3% in 1 month
Oct 20261.2M
Growing1.2M subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/megalophobia

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−51%vs Sep 2025 · +0.3% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026279
QuieterPeaked at 1.3k in Aug 2023
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/megalophobia

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Whale Encounters0.2%
  2. TruckAndAgriculturalEquipment0.2%
  3. Humpback Whales0.2%
  4. Black Holes0.2%
  5. Ocean Fears0.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Wikimedia
  2. Tenor
  3. IMDb
  4. xkcd
  5. NASA

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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