r/science2↗
Science 2
Everything science. An alternative to reddit's stodgy main science sub-reddit. Here articles need not be peer reviewed, just about science and interesting!
17k subscribers160 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~3% by known bots)48 authors / mosince 2008
r/science2 has 17k members (+88% over the last 12 months). It gets about 160 posts a month from 48 people. Top topics: Dinosaur Discoveries, Dark Matter Mysteries and Mars Water Exploration.
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Dinosaur Discoveries0.6%
- Dark Matter Mysteries0.4%
- Mars Water Exploration0.4%
- Moon and Earth Dynamics0.4%
- Mars Life Search0.3%
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Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Live Science
- Space
- Nature
- Gizmodo
- ScienceDaily
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