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r/esports

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esports

Members

318,039

as of February 2025

Last post

Unknown

Posts (30 days)

100+

Created

2009

June 12, 2009

Total posts

57.7K

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Total comments

310.0K

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How many members does r/esports have?

r/esports had 318,039 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.

When was r/esports created?

r/esports was created on June 12, 2009.

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