r/cults
ActiveReddit’s Cult Discussion Forum
A place for discussion about cults and other new age religious movements.
Members
144,082
as of February 2025
Last post
today
October 14, 2026
Posts (30 days)
100+
Created
2009
May 28, 2009
Total posts
27.3K
archived
Total comments
262.5K
archived
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How many members does r/cults have?
r/cults had 144,082 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
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When was r/cults created?
r/cults was created on May 28, 2009.
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