r/CampingGear
ActiveA subreddit for gear heads.
A community to get advice and to show off camping and backpacking gear. Helpful folks who love the hobby as much as you do. Please note: We may initiate another blackout to further protest the API changes. Some of the largest subreddits such as r/funny and r/teenagers are going private indefinitely.
Members
835,091
as of February 2025
Last post
today
September 28, 2026
Posts (30 days)
100+
Created
2012
March 22, 2012
Total posts
68.4K
archived
Total comments
863.4K
archived
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How many members does r/CampingGear have?
r/CampingGear had 835,091 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
Is r/CampingGear dead?
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When was r/CampingGear created?
r/CampingGear was created on March 22, 2012.
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