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The place to share the best kinds of puzzles, r/mechanicalpuzzles people are welcome here. Self-promotion is permitted in the stickied "Promo Weekly" post.

455k subscribers538 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)414 authors / mosince 2008

r/puzzles has 455k members (+6.3% over the last 12 months). It gets about 538 posts a month from 414 people. Top topics: Puzzle Help, Puzzle Solving Adventures and Puzzle Hobbies.

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Size and growth

How r/puzzles has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+6.3%in 12 months · +1.6% in 3 months · +0.8% in 1 month
Oct 2026454k
Growing454k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/puzzles

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−11%vs Sep 2025 · −12% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026538
QuieterPeaked at 969 in Mar 2025
Sep 2026: incl. ~1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/puzzles

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Puzzle Help5.3%
  2. Puzzle Solving Adventures3.6%
  3. Puzzle Hobbies3.4%
  4. Puzzle Solutions1.5%
  5. Puzzle Boxes & Puzzles0.8%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Apple
  2. itch
  3. PostImages
  4. Stack Exchange
  5. etsy

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