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Welcome to the Mensa Reddit community, where people from all walks of life are welcome to converse about anything relating to living beyond the 98th percentile. Reading our rules is mandatory, and your questions may be answered in our wiki. Trolls will be banned. Posts and comments that make personal attacks will be removed.

50k subscribers124 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)103 authors / mosince 2008

r/mensa has 50k members (+24% over the last 12 months). It gets about 124 posts a month from 103 people. Top topics: IQ Tests & Intelligence, IQ Discussions and Puzzle Solving Adventures.

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Size and growth

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+24%in 12 months · +3.9% in 3 months · +0.9% in 1 month
Oct 202650k
Growing50k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−17%vs Sep 2025 · −17% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026124
QuieterPeaked at 231 in Jul 2024
Sep 2026: incl. ~1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/mensa

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. IQ Tests & Intelligence1.9%
  2. IQ Discussions0.3%
  3. Puzzle Solving Adventures0.3%
  4. High IQ Individuals0.3%
  5. Test Reviews & Results0.3%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. ScienceDirect
  2. Chess
  3. cambridge.org
  4. Substack
  5. Merriam-Webster

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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