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The Occult: News for armchair and practicing metaphysical skeptics

The Occult: News for armchair and practicing metaphysical skeptics.

436k subscribers1,070 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)780 authors / mosince 2008

r/occult has 436k members (+13% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,070 posts a month from 780 people. Top topics: Magickal Practices, Tarot Practices & Insights and Reading Recommendations.

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Size and growth

How r/occult has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+13%in 12 months · +3.0% in 3 months · +0.9% in 1 month
Oct 2026435k
Growing435k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+3.4%vs Sep 2025 · −18% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20261.1k
BusierPeaked at 1.7k in Apr 2022
Sep 2026: incl. ~1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/occult

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Magickal Practices0.5%
  2. Tarot Practices & Insights0.2%
  3. Reading Recommendations0.2%
  4. Tarot Decks0.2%
  5. Horror Cult Movies0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Substack
  2. Goodreads
  3. Internet Sacred Text Archive
  4. etsy
  5. Luckymojo

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