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TED talks: Stir Your Curiosity

60k subscribers47 posts / mo in Sep 20268 authors / mosince 2008

r/ted has 60k members (+0.7% over the last 12 months). It gets about 47 posts a month from 8 people. Top topics: Global Warming Reality, Incarcerated Reentry Programs and Art Debate.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+0.7%in 12 months · +0.1% in 3 months · +0.0% in 1 month
Sep 202660k
Growing60k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Sep 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+683%vs Sep 2025 · +252% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202647
BusierPeaked at 100 in Nov 2022
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

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Topics and brands on r/ted

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Global Warming Reality0.4%
  2. Incarcerated Reentry Programs0.1%
  3. Art Debate0.1%
  4. Deep Sea Creatures0.1%
  5. Stop Procrastinating0.1%

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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