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Wordplay

Like foreplay but with words : a reddit for readers, writers, wordsmiths, storytellers, logolepts, puns, punsters, and all lovers of the English language.

16k subscribers77 posts / mo in Sep 202655 authors / mosince 2008

r/wordplay has 16k members (+5.7% over the last 12 months). It gets about 77 posts a month from 55 people. Top topics: Word Games, Klondike Moments and Handwritten Words.

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Size and growth

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+5.7%in 12 months · +1.6% in 3 months · +0.4% in 1 month
Sep 202616k
Growing16k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Sep 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+450%vs Sep 2025 · +140% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202677
BusierPeaked at 77 in Sep 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/wordplay

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Word Games1.0%
  2. Klondike Moments0.5%
  3. Handwritten Words0.4%
  4. Poetry Sharing0.3%
  5. Haiku and Poetry0.3%

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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