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Riddles

The #1 place for writing and answering novel riddles. Check out the featured riddles at the top!

269k subscribers100 posts / mo in Sep 202675 authors / mosince 2008

r/riddles has 269k members (+11% over the last 12 months). It gets about 100 posts a month from 75 people. Top topics: TrapsAndPuzzles, Poetry Sharing and Puzzle Hobbies.

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Size and growth

How r/riddles has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+11%in 12 months · +2.0% in 3 months · +1.2% in 1 month
Oct 2026268k
Growing268k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−56%vs Sep 2025 · −27% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026100
QuieterPeaked at 537 in Mar 2022
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/riddles

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. TrapsAndPuzzles0.9%
  2. Poetry Sharing0.4%
  3. Puzzle Hobbies0.4%
  4. Pain and Poetry0.3%
  5. Christmas Puzzles0.3%

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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