r/chicago
ActiveChicago, Illinois
Members
585,066
as of February 2025
Last post
today
September 28, 2026
Posts (30 days)
100+
Created
2008
January 25, 2008
Total posts
358.9K
archived
Total comments
7.6M
archived
Is r/chicago dead? Active community.
r/chicago is posting regularly — the latest post was today. Active subreddits can't be requested through r/redditrequest.
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How many members does r/chicago have?
r/chicago had 585,066 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
Is r/chicago dead?
No. r/chicago is active — the most recent post was today, with 100+ posts in the last 30 days.
When was r/chicago created?
r/chicago was created on January 25, 2008.
Can I take over r/chicago?
Probably not. r/chicago 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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Activity checked September 28, 2026from the Arctic Shift Reddit archive. Member counts come from the archive's most recent crawl and may lag Reddit. DeadSubs is not affiliated with Reddit Inc.