r/OldSchoolCool
r/OldSchoolCool is a Science & Education community on Reddit with 19,592,842 members, ranking #4 of 2,165 in Science & Education. /r/OldSchoolCool **History's cool kids, looking fantastic!** A pictorial and video celebration of history's coolest kids, everything from beatniks to bikers, mods to rude boys, hippies to ravers. And everything in between. If you've found a photo, or a photo essay, of people from the past looking fantastic, here's the place to share it.
How big is r/OldSchoolCool?
Created in 2012, r/OldSchoolCool has had over a decade to grow and is one of the largest communities on Reddit by Reddit standards. Within Science & Education it ranks #4 of 2,165 communities we track — the top 0.2% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 9,704× 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 2 times the size of r/OldSchoolCool. 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/OldSchoolCool on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.
| Members | 19,592,842 |
|---|---|
| Category | Science & Education |
| Rank in category | #4 of 2,165 |
| Created | 2012 |
| Category median size | 2,019 members |
| Content rating | Work-safe (SFW) |
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