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A place for Urban Design Geeks!

For everything that is about design mixed with urbanism! The design of urban furniture, the design of roads, of pedestrian areas, the design of traffic calming measures,...

375k subscribers165 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)113 authors / mosince 2009

r/urbandesign has 375k members. It gets about 165 posts a month from 113 people. Top topics: Roads and Interchanges, Pedestrian Cities and New York Cities.

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Size and growth

How r/urbandesign has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+2.3%since May 2026 · +1.1% in 3 months · +0.2% in 1 month
Oct 2026375k
Growing375k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Jun 2009)
Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+40%vs Sep 2025 · +15% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026165
BusierPeaked at 165 in Sep 2026
Sep 2026: incl. ~1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/urbandesign

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Roads and Interchanges0.9%
  2. Pedestrian Cities0.8%
  3. New York Cities0.5%
  4. Suburbs vs Cities0.5%
  5. Bike Lanes Debate0.4%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Substack
  2. Bluesky Social
  3. 99% Invisible
  4. nyc
  5. Superhivemarket

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