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StupIDPol - Marxist critique of identity politics

StupIDpol is a socialist subreddit for normal people.

112k subscribers789 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)272 authors / mosince 2018

r/stupidpol has 112k members (+15% over the last 12 months). It gets about 789 posts a month from 272 people. Top topics: Professor Controversies, University Debates & Diversity and Free Speech Controversies.

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Size and growth

How r/stupidpol has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+15%in 12 months · +2.5% in 3 months · +0.6% in 1 month
Oct 2026112k
Growing112k subscribers
Data since Jun 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−10%vs Sep 2025 · −0.7% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026789
QuieterPeaked at 1.7k in Nov 2021
Sep 2026: incl. ~1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/stupidpol

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Professor Controversies<0.1%
  2. University Debates & Diversity<0.1%
  3. Free Speech Controversies<0.1%
  4. Marxist Theory & Reading<0.1%
  5. Leftist Political Podcasts<0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Remove Paywalls
  2. xcancel
  3. Substack
  4. World Socialist Web Site
  5. Archive

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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