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UK Politics

Political news and debate concerning the United Kingdom. The rules of the subreddit can be found in detail here: https://www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/wiki/rules

572k subscribers2,934 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~9% by known bots)816 authors / mosince 2008

r/ukpolitics has 572k members. It gets about 2,934 posts a month from 816 people. Top topics: Elections and Politics, Liberal Democrats and Tory Politics.

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Size and growth

How r/ukpolitics has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+4.0%since May 2026 · +1.7% in 3 months · +0.4% in 1 month
Oct 2026572k
Growing572k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Mar 2008)
Live · through Oct 2026
r/ukpolitics

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−26%vs Sep 2025 · −16% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20262.9k
QuieterPeaked at 6.2k in Sep 2022
Sep 2026: incl. ~9% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/ukpolitics

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Elections and Politics0.3%
  2. Liberal Democrats0.3%
  3. Tory Politics0.3%
  4. Political Party Reforms0.3%
  5. Boris Johnson Politics0.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. The Daily Telegraph
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  3. xcancel
  4. Verifying Device
  5. The Independent

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