r/askscience
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Members
26,036,494
as of February 2025
Last post
today
September 28, 2026
Posts (30 days)
100+
Created
2008
September 5, 2008
Total posts
1.9M
archived
Total comments
6.7M
archived
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How many members does r/askscience have?
r/askscience had 26,036,494 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
Is r/askscience dead?
No. r/askscience is active — the most recent post was today, with 100+ posts in the last 30 days.
When was r/askscience created?
r/askscience was created on September 5, 2008.
Can I take over r/askscience?
Probably not. r/askscience 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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