r/shorthand↗
Shorthand
The Shorthand Forum on Reddit is a home for pen and machine shorthand of all kinds.
20k subscribers104 posts / mo in Sep 202686 authors / mosince 2012
r/shorthand has 20k members (+40% over the last 12 months). It gets about 104 posts a month from 86 people. Top topics: Translation Requests, Translation Requests and Old Books & Literature.
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Translation Requests0.9%
- Translation Requests0.7%
- Old Books & Literature0.5%
- Deciphering German Letters0.4%
- Translate Unknown Text0.4%
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Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Dropbox
- Apple
- Wolfram
- Scribd
- HathiTrust Digital Library
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