Skip to content

r/therealworld↗

r/The Real World - This is the true story...

A subreddit community for new fans, loyal fans, casual viewers, and interested redditors for MTV's flagship reality series 'The Real World'. Whether you were a Tubescanner, or a Vevmo expat, we want to revive the 'Real World' fanbase and community we love and remember.

24k subscribers60 posts / mo in Sep 202621 authors / mosince 2010

r/therealworld has 24k members (+19% over the last 12 months). It gets about 60 posts a month from 21 people. Top topics: Challenge Seasons, Jordan and Jessi and Cast Attraction Ratings.

Free report

When to post on r/therealworld

You've used today's free reports

Visitors without an account can open 3 subreddit reports a day. The best time to post on r/therealworld, removal risk and the rest of the report are one step away.

Size and growth

How r/therealworld has grown

r/therealworld

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+19%in 12 months · +2.3% in 3 months · +0.5% in 1 month
Oct 202624k
Growing24k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/therealworld

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−31%vs Sep 2025 · +24% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202660
QuieterPeaked at 166 in Jun 2022
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/therealworld

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Challenge Seasons5.2%
  2. Jordan and Jessi1.0%
  3. Cast Attraction Ratings0.8%
  4. Reunion Moments0.8%
  5. Real Housewives of New York City0.5%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. MTV
  2. TikTok
  3. AV Club
  4. E! Online
  5. TMZ

The full report

Everything else about r/therealworld

Posting rules and account requirements, how often posts get removed, who writes here (age, gender, countries), what people ask for, how they talk, and related subreddits — all in the full report.

Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research