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VideoEssay: A subreddit for analytic videos and supercuts

A hub for video essays, super cuts, and other videos critically observing media texts.

40k subscribers196 posts / mo in Sep 2026114 authors / mosince 2015

r/videoessay has 40k members (+8.4% over the last 12 months). It gets about 196 posts a month from 114 people. Top topics: Gaming Journalism Controversies, Rock and Disco and David Fincher Discussions.

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Size and growth

How r/videoessay has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+8.4%in 12 months · +1.6% in 3 months · +0.4% in 1 month
Oct 202640k
Growing40k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−26%vs Sep 2025 · −13% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026196
QuieterPeaked at 429 in Jan 2022
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/videoessay

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Gaming Journalism Controversies0.7%
  2. Rock and Disco0.5%
  3. David Fincher Discussions0.4%
  4. Stanley Kubrick Films0.4%
  5. Video Games0.3%

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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