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News about all things paleontology

17k subscribers50 posts / mo in Sep 20264 authors / mosince 2010

r/paleonews has 17k members (+20% over the last 12 months). It gets about 50 posts a month from 4 people. Top topics: Dinosaur Discoveries, Dinosaur Extinction Theory and Fossil Discoveries.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+20%in 12 months · +3.5% in 3 months · +1.7% in 1 month
Sep 202617k
Growing17k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Sep 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+43%vs Sep 2025 · +2.3% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202650
BusierPeaked at 52 in Jun 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/paleonews

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Dinosaur Discoveries5.3%
  2. Dinosaur Extinction Theory2.5%
  3. Fossil Discoveries2.3%
  4. Dinosaur Fossils1.2%
  5. Fossils and Dinosaurs1.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Sci.News: Breaking Science News
  2. EurekAlert!
  3. Nature
  4. ResearchGate
  5. SciTechDaily

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