r/shrinkflation↗
shrinkflation: when product sizes shrink, but prices stay the same.
A community to share instances of shrinkflation, which is when a product has shrunk in size and the price has stayed the same (or gone higher!).
210k subscribers258 posts / mo in Sep 2026234 authors / mosince 2017
r/shrinkflation has 210k members (+16% over the last 12 months). It gets about 258 posts a month from 234 people. Top topics: Chip Bags and Staleness, Pop Tarts and Cheese Varieties & News.
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Topics and brands on r/shrinkflation
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Chip Bags and Staleness0.7%
- Pop Tarts0.5%
- Cheese Varieties & News0.4%
- Kellogg's Cereals0.3%
- Taco Bell Deals & Boxes0.3%
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Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Walmart
- Yahoo!
- Comic Sands
- Costco Wholesale
- McDonald's
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