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r/whatsthatbook↗

What's that book called?

Can't remember the title of the book you've enjoyed reading? Crowdsource it to readers on Reddit!

343k subscribers1,934 posts / mo in Sep 20261,792 authors / mosince 2013

r/whatsthatbook has 343k members (+11% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,934 posts a month from 1,792 people. Top topics: Romance Novels, Old Books & Literature and Kids Books.

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Size and growth

How r/whatsthatbook has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+11%in 12 months · +1.6% in 3 months · +0.4% in 1 month
Oct 2026343k
Growing343k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−53%vs Sep 2025 · −18% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20261.9k
QuieterPeaked at 5.8k in Aug 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/whatsthatbook

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Romance Novels3.4%
  2. Old Books & Literature2.5%
  3. Kids Books1.9%
  4. Book Requests and Identification1.8%
  5. NovelTitleHelp1.7%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. The StoryGraph
  2. ThriftBooks
  3. Fantastic Fiction
  4. AbeBooks
  5. eBay

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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