r/thepast↗
The Past
A role-play subreddit where we pretend it's the past!
82k subscribers443 posts / mo in Sep 2026110 authors / mosince 2011
r/thepast has 82k members (+54% over the last 12 months). It gets about 443 posts a month from 110 people. Top topics: Napoleonic Wars, Kingdom of England and American Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battles.
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Napoleonic Wars0.3%
- Kingdom of England0.3%
- American Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battles0.2%
- French Revolution Executions0.2%
- Abraham Lincoln Assassination0.2%
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- Reddit Help
- Wikimedia
- Tenor
- Wolfram
- IMDb
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