r/whatisthisbug↗
For anyone wondering what is this bug that they have found!
Did you find a cute, interesting, or just plain weird looking bug you are curious about? Let this community help you figure it out what it is! What is this bug?
232k subscribers2,358 posts / mo in Sep 20262,195 authors / mosince 2021
r/whatisthisbug has 232k members (+11% over the last 12 months). It gets about 2,358 posts a month from 2,195 people. Top topics: Bed Bugs, Bug Identification and House Bugs.
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Topics and brands on r/whatisthisbug
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Bed Bugs4.1%
- Bug Identification1.6%
- House Bugs1.5%
- Insects Crawling Encounters1.4%
- House Pests1.1%
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Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Wolfram
- North America
- Butterflies and Moths of North America
- Marylandbiodiversity
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