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A subreddit to discuss words and help increase your vocabulary. **Due to the ubiquity of spam, the moderator will review all posts from new users with low comment karma before approving them. If you have a new or low karma account, this may cause a slight delay in your submission appearing on the sub.

88k subscribers154 posts / mo in Sep 202693 authors / mosince 2008

r/vocabulary has 88k members (+247% over the last 12 months). It gets about 154 posts a month from 93 people. Top topics: English Languages, Old Books & Literature and Character Development & Naming.

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Size and growth

How r/vocabulary has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+247%in 12 months · +153% in 3 months · +18% in 1 month
Oct 202687k
Growing87k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+144%vs Sep 2025 · +38% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026154
BusierPeaked at 154 in Sep 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/vocabulary

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. English Languages0.4%
  2. Old Books & Literature0.3%
  3. Character Development & Naming0.2%
  4. Reading & Learning0.2%
  5. Indian Languages0.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Apple
  2. Merriam-Webster
  3. cambridge.org
  4. Dictionary
  5. Urban Dictionary

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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