r/whatbirdisthis↗
a community for people to identify birds they come across If a post is triggering (like has a dead animal pictured) please put a trigger warning!
80k subscribers367 posts / mo in Sep 2026305 authors / mosince 2019
r/whatbirdisthis has 80k members (+63% over the last 12 months). It gets about 367 posts a month from 305 people. Top topics: Bird Identification, Bird Identification USA and Midwest Bird Identification.
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Topics and brands on r/whatbirdisthis
Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- Bird Identification4.5%
- Bird Identification USA3.4%
- Midwest Bird Identification2.2%
- California Bird Identification1.9%
- Birds of New York & New Jersey1.8%
Brands people mention
Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- eBird
- All About Birds
- Macaulay Library
- Animal Help Now
- CollidEscape
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