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r/strange↗

Some things just cannot be explained.

Community to share strange things that you encounter in your daily life. You can share photos, videos and text description of what you found to be strange. Please Note: The sub is not for sharing strange online content or for sharing things that is not experienced by you.

398k subscribers291 posts / mo in Sep 2026260 authors / mosince 2009

r/strange has 398k members (+22% over the last 12 months). It gets about 291 posts a month from 260 people. Top topics: Canvas Paintings, Acrylic Paintings and Old Books & Literature.

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Size and growth

How r/strange has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+22%in 12 months · +4.3% in 3 months · +1.2% in 1 month
Oct 2026397k
Growing397k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−27%vs Sep 2025 · −1.8% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026291
QuieterPeaked at 732 in Aug 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/strange

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Canvas Paintings0.5%
  2. Acrylic Paintings0.5%
  3. Old Books & Literature0.3%
  4. Weird YouTube Channels0.2%
  5. Real World Glitches0.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Wolfram
  2. TikTok
  3. IMDb
  4. HowStuffWorks
  5. Walmart

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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