r/breakingnews
ActiveBreaking News From Around The World
Bringing Reddit the quickest, and most up to date information from the world of news as it happens. Twitter and Site links approved.
Members
17,559
as of February 2025
Last post
3 days ago
September 25, 2026
Posts (30 days)
46
Created
2009
August 7, 2009
Total posts
57.8K
archived
Total comments
47.2K
archived
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How many members does r/breakingnews have?
r/breakingnews had 17,559 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
Is r/breakingnews dead?
No. r/breakingnews is active — the most recent post was 3 days ago, with 46 posts in the last 30 days.
When was r/breakingnews created?
r/breakingnews was created on August 7, 2009.
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