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**This is a technical subreddit!** Please only post technical data, DIYs, maintenance procedures, etc. Anything else, such as 'here's my bike' posts, should be posted to /r/Harley, /r/motorcycles, or /r/bikesgonewild.

36k subscribers333 posts / mo in Sep 2026264 authors / mosince 2011

r/sportster has 36k members (+22% over the last 12 months). It gets about 333 posts a month from 264 people. Top topics: Sportster Customs & Restores, Bike Starts and Harley Iron.

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Size and growth

How r/sportster has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+22%in 12 months · +5.3% in 3 months · +1.4% in 1 month
Oct 202636k
Growing36k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−23%vs Sep 2025 · −13% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026333
QuieterPeaked at 609 in Apr 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/sportster

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Sportster Customs & Restores5.1%
  2. Bike Starts4.1%
  3. Harley Iron2.8%
  4. First Harleys1.6%
  5. Exhaust Mods & Noise1.3%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Harley-Davidson
  2. J&P Cycles
  3. Dennis Kirk
  4. eBay
  5. RevZilla

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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