r/shells
Active"It is perhaps a more fortunate destiny to have a taste for collecting shells than to be born a millionaire". - Robert Louis Stevenson
Members
6,251
as of February 2025
Last post
today
October 14, 2026
Posts (30 days)
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Created
2012
August 24, 2012
Total posts
8.3K
archived
Total comments
39.3K
archived
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r/shells had 6,251 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
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r/shells was created on August 24, 2012.
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