r/AteTheOnion
r/AteTheOnion is a Curiosities & Oddities community on Reddit with 610,423 members, ranking #49 of 470 in Curiosities & Oddities. A subreddit for screencaps of people who failed to see The Onion's articles as satire.
How big is r/AteTheOnion?
Created in 2016, r/AteTheOnion has had over a decade to grow and is a large community by Reddit standards. Within Curiosities & Oddities it ranks #49 of 470 communities we track — the top 10.4% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 117× the median Curiosities & Oddities subreddit, which has 5,237 members. It is a work-safe community with no 18+ flag on Reddit.
For scale, the largest Curiosities & Oddities community we track is r/nottheonion with 26,048,722 members — roughly 43 times the size of r/AteTheOnion. Reddit itself launched in 2005, so a subreddit created in 2016 sits in the middle wave of community building on the platform. Subscriber counts indicate reach, not activity — a large community can be quiet, and a smaller one busy. Open r/AteTheOnion on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.
| Members | 610,423 |
|---|---|
| Category | Curiosities & Oddities |
| Rank in category | #49 of 470 |
| Created | 2016 |
| Category median size | 5,237 members |
| Content rating | Work-safe (SFW) |
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