r/AskReddit

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Ask Reddit...

r/AskReddit is the place to ask and answer thought-provoking questions.

Members

51,551,345

as of February 2025

Last post

Unknown

Posts (30 days)

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Created

2008

January 25, 2008

Total posts

42.0M

archived

Total comments

885.5M

archived

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How many members does r/AskReddit have?

r/AskReddit had 51,551,345 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.

When was r/AskReddit created?

r/AskReddit was created on January 25, 2008.

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