r/privacy↗
Privacy in the digital age
Privacy in the digital age (this is not a SECURITY subreddit, and PUBLIC data, closed source, etc is off-topic)
1.7M subscribers1,018 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)781 authors / mosince 2008
r/privacy has 1.7M members (+9.6% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,018 posts a month from 781 people. Top topics: Privacy Online, Firefox Privacy and Google Privacy Tracking.
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How r/privacy has grown
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Topics and brands on r/privacy
Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- Privacy Online1.4%
- Firefox Privacy0.8%
- Google Privacy Tracking0.8%
- Android Privacy & Security0.8%
- Privacy Matters0.7%
Brands people mention
Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- FactCheck
- Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Apple
- Media Bias/Fact Check
- European Union
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