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r/repurposedbuildings↗

A sub about repurposed buildings. In architecture, the technical term is 'adaptive reuse'. Adaptive reuse refers to the process of reusing an existing building for a purpose other than which it was originally built or designed for.

253k subscriberssince 2019

r/repurposedbuildings has 253k members (+0.3% over the last 12 months). Top topics: Shopping Malls, Abandoned Buildings and Offices and Taco Bell History & Locations.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+0.3%in 12 months · +0.0% in 3 months
Oct 2026253k
Growing253k subscribers
Data since Apr 2020Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−100%vs Sep 2025 · −80% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20260
QuieterPeaked at 167 in Mar 2022
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/repurposedbuildings

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Shopping Malls1.0%
  2. Abandoned Buildings and Offices0.8%
  3. Taco Bell History & Locations0.8%
  4. Fitness Gyms0.8%
  5. Closed Restaurants and Their Transformations0.7%

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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