r/badscience
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A forum for the discussion of poorly presented science.
Members
31,784
as of February 2025
Last post
5 days ago
September 22, 2026
Posts (30 days)
3
Created
2008
December 5, 2008
Total posts
4.5K
archived
Total comments
59.3K
archived
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r/badscience is posting regularly — the latest post was 5 days ago. Active subreddits can't be requested through r/redditrequest.
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How many members does r/badscience have?
r/badscience had 31,784 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
Is r/badscience dead?
No. r/badscience is active — the most recent post was 5 days ago, with 3 posts in the last 30 days.
When was r/badscience created?
r/badscience was created on December 5, 2008.
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