To better reflect the vibrancy of Reddit communities, we’re updating how subreddit activity is displayed. Starting today, we’ll replace the “Member count” metric on each subreddit’s page with two new signals: Visitors and Contributions.
Unlike subscribers, which were often a measure of a subreddit’s age and not current activity, these new metrics show how many people are actively participating in communities and how much content is being created.
What’s Changing:
- Visitors: How many different users visited a subreddit in the past seven days, based on a rolling 28-day average.
- Contributions: The total number of non-removed posts and comments made in a community in the past seven days.
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Why This Matters
Member counts don’t tell the whole story. In most cases, redditors don’t need to be a member of a community to post or comment, which means member totals have never fully reflected true engagement. With this update, Reddit becomes one of the first major platforms to publicly display active participation, focusing on meaningful, real-time engagement rather than subscriber numbers.
By emphasizing active participation over passive membership, we’re continuing to highlight what makes Reddit unique: real people engaging in real conversations.