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**Slate** - an online magazine that covers current affairs, politics, and culture in the United States

760 subscribers2 posts / mo in Sep 20262 authors / mosince 2006

r/slate has 760 members. It gets about 2 posts a month from 2 people. Top topics: Thank You and Podcast Schedule Updates.

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Size and growth

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+11%since May 2026 · +1.2% in 1 month
Sep 2026760
Growing760 subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Jul 2006)
Live · through Sep 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+100%vs Sep 2025 · −14% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20262
BusierPeaked at 7 in Dec 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

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Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Thank You9.5%
  2. Podcast Schedule Updates9.5%

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