r/onions

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Members

458,115

as of February 2025

Last post

Unknown

Posts (30 days)

94

Created

2009

August 18, 2009

Total posts

52.2K

archived

Total comments

282.1K

archived

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How many members does r/onions have?

r/onions had 458,115 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.

When was r/onions created?

r/onions was created on August 18, 2009.

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