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Advertising Fails: The Best of the Worst in the World of Marketing

This is a community for discussing the worst advertising campaigns in the world of marketing. Submissions can be digital/print/radio/tv/etc...

Members

6,234

as of February 2025

Last post

today

September 28, 2026

Posts (30 days)

100+

Created

2014

August 11, 2014

Total posts

4.1K

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Total comments

11.9K

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How many members does r/AdvertisingFails have?

r/AdvertisingFails had 6,234 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.

Is r/AdvertisingFails dead?

No. r/AdvertisingFails is active — the most recent post was today, with 100+ posts in the last 30 days.

When was r/AdvertisingFails created?

r/AdvertisingFails was created on August 11, 2014.

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