r/AskHistory
ActiveAsk History
For asking casual questions about historical events prior to 01/01/2000. Also see r/History or r/AskHistorians.
Members
206,064
as of February 2025
Last post
today
September 28, 2026
Posts (30 days)
100+
Created
2011
January 20, 2011
Total posts
61.2K
archived
Total comments
954.1K
archived
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r/AskHistory had 206,064 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
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r/AskHistory was created on January 20, 2011.
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