r/philosophy↗
/r/philosophy: the portal for public philosophy
18.6M subscribers220 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)166 authors / mosince 2008
r/philosophy has 18.6M members (+0.7% over the last 12 months). It gets about 220 posts a month from 166 people. Top topics: Capitalism Debates, Philosophy Discussions and Stoicism Philosophy.
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Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- Capitalism Debates2.5%
- Philosophy Discussions2.1%
- Stoicism Philosophy0.4%
- Philosophy Books0.2%
- Art Debate0.2%
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Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Stanford University
- Doi
- Zenodo
- Home » IAI TV
- Springer
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