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r/whywouldyoutouchthat↗

Community dedicated to trying to understand WHY YOU WOULD TOUCH THAT?! Under construction please bear with me☺️

105k subscribers179 posts / mo in Sep 2026150 authors / mosince 2025

r/whywouldyoutouchthat has 105k members (+256% over the last 12 months). It gets about 179 posts a month from 150 people. Top topics: Beach Washups, Tropical Bugs and Critters and Nose Boops & Adorables.

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Size and growth

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+256%in 12 months · +10% in 3 months · +1.6% in 1 month
Oct 2026105k
Growing105k subscribers
Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+209%vs Sep 2025 · +28% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026179
BusierPeaked at 238 in Jul 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/whywouldyoutouchthat

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Beach Washups1.0%
  2. Tropical Bugs and Critters0.6%
  3. Nose Boops & Adorables0.6%
  4. MysterySeedsPlantID0.6%
  5. Bathroom Mysteries0.6%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Wolfram
  2. Tenor
  3. CDC
  4. BugGuide
  5. iNaturalist

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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