r/aviation
r/aviation is a Pictures & Video community on Reddit with 2,768,206 members, ranking #21 of 1,651 in Pictures & Video. Aircraft, airplanes, aviation, and flying. Helicopters & rotorcraft, airships, balloons, paragliders, and anything that sustains you in the air is acceptable to post here. Please read our rules before posting, and check if there are megathreads active for any topics. Thank you for participating in the r/aviation community.
How big is r/aviation?
Created in 2008, r/aviation has had over a decade to grow and is a major community by Reddit standards. Within Pictures & Video it ranks #21 of 1,651 communities we track — the top 1.3% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 749× the median Pictures & Video subreddit, which has 3,698 members. It is a work-safe community with no 18+ flag on Reddit.
For scale, the largest Pictures & Video community we track is r/pics with 33,482,569 members — roughly 12 times the size of r/aviation. Reddit itself launched in 2005, so a subreddit created in 2008 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/aviation on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.
| Members | 2,768,206 |
|---|---|
| Category | Pictures & Video |
| Rank in category | #21 of 1,651 |
| Created | 2008 |
| Category median size | 3,698 members |
| Content rating | Work-safe (SFW) |
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