r/nottheonion
ActiveSadly, this is not the Onion.
For true stories that you could have sworn were from The Onion.
Members
25,422,069
as of February 2025
Last post
today
September 28, 2026
Posts (30 days)
100+
Created
2008
October 25, 2008
Total posts
756.4K
archived
Total comments
19.8M
archived
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How many members does r/nottheonion have?
r/nottheonion had 25,422,069 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
Is r/nottheonion dead?
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When was r/nottheonion created?
r/nottheonion was created on October 25, 2008.
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