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Got an old photo and want to know where it was taken? Post your pic here and let the power of the internet work for you to find out where your picture was taken!

50k subscribers121 posts / mo in Sep 2026108 authors / mosince 2012

r/wherewasthistaken has 50k members (+28% over the last 12 months). It gets about 121 posts a month from 108 people. Top topics: Cornwall and Southwest England, France Landscapes and Cities and Italian Landscapes.

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Size and growth

How r/wherewasthistaken has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+28%in 12 months · +4.1% in 3 months · +0.3% in 1 month
Oct 202650k
Growing50k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/wherewasthistaken

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+29%vs Sep 2025 · −9.0% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026121
BusierPeaked at 276 in Aug 2023
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/wherewasthistaken

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Cornwall and Southwest England2.1%
  2. France Landscapes and Cities1.6%
  3. Italian Landscapes1.4%
  4. English Villages and Forests1.2%
  5. Location Guessing Games1.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Flickr
  2. Wikimedia
  3. Rightmove
  4. Pinterest
  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