r/yimby↗
Yes In My BackYard!
YIMBY: content and discussion related to the "Yes in My Back Yard" cause. What do we want? Affordable housing near where people want to live and work! When do we want it? As soon as we can safely construct it!
27k subscribers119 posts / mo in Sep 202686 authors / mosince 2012
r/yimby has 27k members (+8.5% over the last 12 months). It gets about 119 posts a month from 86 people. Top topics: California Housing Crisis, Affordable Housing Crisis and Santa Monica Housing Issues.
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Topics and brands on r/yimby
Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- California Housing Crisis3.7%
- Affordable Housing Crisis2.8%
- Santa Monica Housing Issues2.1%
- City Council and Zoning Updates1.2%
- Housing in New York1.1%
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Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Substack
- San Francisco Chronicle
- wsj
- Los Angeles Times
- ScienceDirect
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