r/mildyinteresting
r/mildyinteresting is a Curiosities & Oddities community on Reddit with 727,634 members, ranking #47 of 470 in Curiosities & Oddities. A place for things that are of slight interest, including sticks, fingers, hands and wasps.
How big is r/mildyinteresting?
Created in 2012, r/mildyinteresting has had over a decade to grow and is a large community by Reddit standards. Within Curiosities & Oddities it ranks #47 of 470 communities we track — the top 10% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 139× the median Curiosities & Oddities subreddit, which has 5,237 members. It is a work-safe community with no 18+ flag on Reddit.
For scale, the largest Curiosities & Oddities community we track is r/nottheonion with 26,048,722 members — roughly 36 times the size of r/mildyinteresting. 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/mildyinteresting on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.
| Members | 727,634 |
|---|---|
| Category | Curiosities & Oddities |
| Rank in category | #47 of 470 |
| Created | 2012 |
| Category median size | 5,237 members |
| Content rating | Work-safe (SFW) |
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