r/Ultralight
r/Ultralight is a Travel & Places community on Reddit with 937,196 members, ranking #25 of 1,085 in Travel & Places. r/Ultralight is the largest online Ultralight Backcountry Backpacking community! This sub is about overnight backcountry backpacking, with a focus on moving efficiently, packing light, generally aiming at a sub 10 pound base weight, and following LNT principles. Join us and ask yourself the question: Do I really need that?
How big is r/Ultralight?
Created in 2010, r/Ultralight has had over a decade to grow and is a large community by Reddit standards. Within Travel & Places it ranks #25 of 1,085 communities we track — the top 2.3% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 912× the median Travel & Places subreddit, which has 1,028 members. It is a work-safe community with no 18+ flag on Reddit.
For scale, the largest Travel & Places community we track is r/travel with 14,363,834 members — roughly 15 times the size of r/Ultralight. Reddit itself launched in 2005, so a subreddit created in 2010 sits in the early 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/Ultralight on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.
| Members | 937,196 |
|---|---|
| Category | Travel & Places |
| Rank in category | #25 of 1,085 |
| Created | 2010 |
| Category median size | 1,028 members |
| Content rating | Work-safe (SFW) |
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