r/boston
r/boston is a Travel & Places community on Reddit with 785,147 members, ranking #30 of 1,085 in Travel & Places. Welcome to r/Boston, your community for Boston & its surrounding areas. We enthusiastically celebrate our diversity, knowing it's the source of our city's unique energy. We're on a journey toward greater equity and dedicated to inclusion where all belong. This sub proudly reflects that path forward.
How big is r/boston?
Created in 2008, r/boston has had over a decade to grow and is a large community by Reddit standards. Within Travel & Places it ranks #30 of 1,085 communities we track — the top 2.8% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 764× 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 18 times the size of r/boston. 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/boston on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.
| Members | 785,147 |
|---|---|
| Category | Travel & Places |
| Rank in category | #30 of 1,085 |
| Created | 2008 |
| Category median size | 1,028 members |
| Content rating | Work-safe (SFW) |
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