r/CatastrophicFailure
r/CatastrophicFailure is an AI & Machine Learning community on Reddit with 1,788,471 members, ranking #23 of 3,604 in AI & Machine Learning. Videos, gifs, or aftermath photos of machinery, structures, or devices that have failed catastrophically during operation.
How big is r/CatastrophicFailure?
Created in 2015, r/CatastrophicFailure has had over a decade to grow and is a major community by Reddit standards. Within AI & Machine Learning it ranks #23 of 3,604 communities we track — the top 0.6% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 878× the median AI & Machine Learning subreddit, which has 2,036 members. It is a work-safe community with no 18+ flag on Reddit.
For scale, the largest AI & Machine Learning community we track is r/explainlikeimfive with 23,613,002 members — roughly 13 times the size of r/CatastrophicFailure. Reddit itself launched in 2005, so a subreddit created in 2015 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/CatastrophicFailure on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.
| Members | 1,788,471 |
|---|---|
| Category | AI & Machine Learning |
| Rank in category | #23 of 3,604 |
| Created | 2015 |
| Category median size | 2,036 members |
| Content rating | Work-safe (SFW) |
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