r/EliteDangerous
r/EliteDangerous is a Science & Education community on Reddit with 385,289 members, ranking #80 of 2,165 in Science & Education. The official unofficial subreddit for Elite Dangerous, we even have devs lurking the sub! Elite Dangerous brings gaming’s original open world adventure to the modern generation with a stunning recreation of the entire Milky Way galaxy. Here battles rage, governments fall, and humanity’s frontier expands – and you can impact it all. Welcome to the definitive massively multiplayer space epic.
How big is r/EliteDangerous?
Created in 2012, r/EliteDangerous has had over a decade to grow and is a large community by Reddit standards. Within Science & Education it ranks #80 of 2,165 communities we track — the top 3.7% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 191× the median Science & Education subreddit, which has 2,019 members. It is a work-safe community with no 18+ flag on Reddit.
For scale, the largest Science & Education community we track is r/science with 34,470,477 members — roughly 89 times the size of r/EliteDangerous. Reddit itself launched in 2005, so a subreddit created in 2012 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/EliteDangerous on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.
| Members | 385,289 |
|---|---|
| Category | Science & Education |
| Rank in category | #80 of 2,165 |
| Created | 2012 |
| Category median size | 2,019 members |
| Content rating | Work-safe (SFW) |
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