r/videoessay
ActiveVideoEssay: A subreddit for analytic videos and supercuts
A hub for video essays, super cuts, and other videos critically observing media texts.
Members
35,137
as of February 2025
Last post
today
September 28, 2026
Posts (30 days)
100+
Created
2015
March 18, 2015
Total posts
43.0K
archived
Total comments
39.0K
archived
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How many members does r/videoessay have?
r/videoessay had 35,137 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
Is r/videoessay dead?
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When was r/videoessay created?
r/videoessay was created on March 18, 2015.
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