r/Outdoors
BorderlineOutdoor recreation: keeping humans fit, fed and happy for thousands of years! The sun on your face, the wind in your hair: all this and more could be yours to experience... if you ever get off reddit and go outside for once! Outdoors is for all outdoor experiences, not limited to any specific interest. Caving, mountain climbing, cycling, bushcraft, gardening, sailing, plants, birds, trees, going for a stroll - it's all on topic here!
Members
5,083,804
as of February 2025
Last post
1 month ago
September 25, 2026
Posts (30 days)
100+
Created
2008
June 20, 2008
Total posts
158.9K
archived
Total comments
651.7K
archived
Is r/Outdoors dead? Activity is slowing.
No posts in 48 days. That's not long enough to be considered abandoned yet — communities usually need 60+ days of inactivity (and inactive moderators) before Reddit will hand them over.
Find abandoned subreddits in this niche you can claim →Frequently asked questions about r/Outdoors
How many members does r/Outdoors have?
r/Outdoors had 5,083,804 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
Is r/Outdoors dead?
r/Outdoors looks quiet: its most recent post was 1 month ago (48 days). Post activity is a strong signal, but whether a subreddit can be claimed depends on its moderators being inactive across all of Reddit.
When was r/Outdoors created?
r/Outdoors was created on June 20, 2008.
Can I take over r/Outdoors?
Probably not. r/Outdoors is still in active use, and Reddit only hands over communities whose human moderators have all gone inactive on Reddit for 60+ days. If you want a community in this niche, look for abandoned subreddits on the same topic instead — DeadSubs finds them automatically.
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