r/insects
Activer/insects
A subreddit all about insects and other bugs. ID requests, artwork, macro-photography, discussion, and more! **ALL ID requests require a geographic location!**
Members
229,461
as of February 2025
Last post
today
September 28, 2026
Posts (30 days)
100+
Created
2009
September 27, 2009
Total posts
228.3K
archived
Total comments
979.6K
archived
Is r/insects dead? Active community.
r/insects 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/insects have?
r/insects had 229,461 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
Is r/insects dead?
No. r/insects is active — the most recent post was today, with 100+ posts in the last 30 days.
When was r/insects created?
r/insects was created on September 27, 2009.
Can I take over r/insects?
Probably not. r/insects 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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