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r/mildyinteresting↗

For photos that are, you know, mildy interesting

A place for things that are of slight interest, including sticks, fingers, hands and wasps.

782k subscribers1,654 posts / mo in Sep 20261,424 authors / mosince 2012

r/mildyinteresting has 782k members (+31% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,654 posts a month from 1,424 people. Top topics: Egg Discussions, Double Yolk Eggs and Tree Growth and Intrigue.

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Size and growth

How r/mildyinteresting has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+31%in 12 months · +6.3% in 3 months · +1.6% in 1 month
Oct 2026778k
Growing778k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/mildyinteresting

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+105%vs Sep 2025 · +29% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20261.7k
BusierPeaked at 1.7k in Sep 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/mildyinteresting

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Egg Discussions0.3%
  2. Double Yolk Eggs0.2%
  3. Tree Growth and Intrigue0.1%
  4. Chip Bags and Staleness0.1%
  5. Mileage Milestones0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Atlas Obscura
  2. Live Science
  3. Quora
  4. Ancestry
  5. AMP Project

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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