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Non-Fiction Book Club

A place to read and discuss nonfiction works.

147k subscribers268 posts / mo in Sep 2026195 authors / mosince 2015

r/nonfictionbookclub has 147k members (+62% over the last 12 months). It gets about 268 posts a month from 195 people. Top topics: Nonfiction Books & History, Reading Challenges & Series and Self Improvement Books.

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Size and growth

How r/nonfictionbookclub has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+62%in 12 months · +5.9% in 3 months · +1.1% in 1 month
Oct 2026147k
Growing147k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+77%vs Sep 2025 · +2.5% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026268
BusierPeaked at 298 in Jun 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/nonfictionbookclub

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Nonfiction Books & History4.5%
  2. Reading Challenges & Series2.4%
  3. Self Improvement Books2.0%
  4. Physics Books1.7%
  5. Reading Recommendations1.4%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Goodreads
  2. Substack
  3. TikTok
  4. Apple
  5. Bookshop

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Everything else about r/nonfictionbookclub

Posting rules and account requirements, how often posts get removed, who writes here (age, gender, countries), what people ask for, how they talk, and related subreddits — all in the full report.

Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research