r/whatsthisplant↗
What's This Plant
A community of plant enthusiasts where anyone can upload photos of plant(s) they would like identified. Everyone is encouraged to help each other identify plants.
1.8M subscribers1,520 posts / mo in Sep 20261,377 authors / mosince 2011
r/whatsthisplant has 1.8M members (+6.3% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,520 posts a month from 1,377 people. Top topics: SucculentIDHelp, Plant Identification and Tree Identification Help.
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Topics and brands on r/whatsthisplant
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- SucculentIDHelp1.2%
- Plant Identification1.1%
- Tree Identification Help1.1%
- Plant Identification1.1%
- California Plants1.0%
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- unc.edu
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- RHS
- Wikimedia
- Gardenia
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