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r/signal – the unofficial Signal community

An unofficial community for news and discussion about Signal, an open-source private messenger developed by the non-profit Signal Foundation.

122k subscribers181 posts / mo in Sep 2026156 authors / mosince 2011

r/signal has 122k members (+18% over the last 12 months). It gets about 181 posts a month from 156 people. Top topics: Signal Messaging Apps, Encrypted Messaging Apps and iMessage Tweaks & Features.

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Size and growth

How r/signal has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+18%in 12 months · +3.0% in 3 months · +0.5% in 1 month
Oct 2026122k
Growing122k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−1.1%vs Sep 2025 · +11% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026181
QuieterPeaked at 379 in Mar 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/signal

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Signal Messaging Apps42%
  2. Encrypted Messaging Apps9.2%
  3. iMessage Tweaks & Features1.4%
  4. Messaging Apps & Issues1.2%
  5. Encrypted Messaging Apps1.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Reddit Help
  2. Zendesk
  3. Molly
  4. Don’t kill my app!
  5. ProPublica

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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