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A subreddit for redditors living in, visiting, or interested in China's most populous and ever-expanding city, Shanghai (上海). Share your experiences of the city, photos of shiny things, noteworthy places to go, your favourite restaurants, bars, clubs, tourist traps, and everything else here!

128k subscribers334 posts / mo in Sep 2026268 authors / mosince 2009

r/shanghai has 128k members (+23% over the last 12 months). It gets about 334 posts a month from 268 people. Top topics: Living in China, Covid Lockdown Shanghai and Shanghai Skyscrapers.

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Size and growth

How r/shanghai has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+23%in 12 months · +4.1% in 3 months · +0.8% in 1 month
Oct 2026127k
Growing127k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−12%vs Sep 2025 · −7.8% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026334
QuieterPeaked at 1.7k in Apr 2022
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/shanghai

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Living in China4.6%
  2. Covid Lockdown Shanghai2.1%
  3. Shanghai Skyscrapers0.7%
  4. Teaching English in China0.5%
  5. China Cities0.4%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Trip.com Official Site‎‎
  2. 腾讯网
  3. Apple
  4. JD.com, Inc
  5. Dropbox

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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