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r/therewasanattempt↗

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7.2M subscribers1,489 posts / mo in Sep 2026676 authors / mosince 2015

r/therewasanattempt has 7.2M members (+0.7% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,489 posts a month from 676 people. Top topics: SpellingErrors, Advertise Awkwardly and Store Robberies and Fights.

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Size and growth

How r/therewasanattempt has grown

r/therewasanattempt

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+0.7%in 12 months · +0.1% in 3 months · +0.0% in 1 month
Oct 20267.2M
Growing7.2M subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/therewasanattempt

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−39%vs Sep 2025 · −4.9% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20261.5k
QuieterPeaked at 6.7k in Jul 2023
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/therewasanattempt

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. SpellingErrors0.3%
  2. Advertise Awkwardly0.2%
  3. Store Robberies and Fights0.2%
  4. Scam_Jokes_and_Scammers0.2%
  5. Political MRW0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Yahoo!
  2. NPR
  3. CBS News
  4. PBS
  5. Politico

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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