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r/dashcams

Footage captured by vehicle cameras, showing crashes, near misses, road rage, strange events and bad driving, with commenters discussing fault.

Weekly data through Sep 27, 2026

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Posts and comments, every week since October 2023
121K11×in 4 weeks, year over year
202420252026Peak 52K · May 24, 2026
Members475K+85.1% year over yearRead Sep 27, 2026
Posts and comments in 4 weeks121K11× year over year4 weeks to Sep 27, 2026
Unique contributors per week16.7K+499.8% year over year4-week average to Aug 30, 2026
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Three years, week by week

Weekly activity in r/dashcams

Three years of weekly history. Download any chart as a PNG.

Posts and comments per week · 2 yearsPublic posts plus comments, r/dashcams

Week ending Sep 27, 202637.2K18× on the same week a year earlier

Posts and comments per week020K40K60K80KNov ’242025MarMayJulSepNov2026MarMayJulSepWeek, dated by the Sunday it endedDownload this chart as a PNG imageDownload PNGPeak 52K · May 24, 2026Low 1,687 · Sep 14, 2025Posts and comments per week025K50K75K2025MaySep2026MaySepWeek, dated by the Sunday it endedDownload this chart as a PNG imagePNGPeak 52K · May 24, 2026Low 1,687 · Sep 14, 2025

Each point is a complete Monday–Sunday UTC week, dated by the Sunday it closed. The busiest week in the range is marked, and the quietest where it stands well apart.

Weekly unique contributors · 2 yearsUnique contributors to r/dashcams

Week ending Aug 30, 202615.8K+679.2% on the same week a year earlier

Unique contributors per week010K20K30K40KNov ’242025MarMayJulSepNov2026MarMayJulWeek, dated by the Sunday it endedDownload this chart as a PNG imageDownload PNGPeak 25.3K · May 24, 2026Unique contributors per week020K40K2025MaySep2026MayWeek, dated by the Sunday it endedDownload this chart as a PNG imagePNGPeak 25.3K · May 24, 2026

Accounts that posted or commented in the week, each counted once. Updated monthly.

Members · 2 yearsMembers of r/dashcams

Week ending Sep 27, 2026475K+85.1% on the same week a year earlier

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The member count Reddit shows for the community, read once a week.

Posts and comments · 2 yearsPosts against comments, r/dashcams

Week ending Sep 27, 2026Weekly posts308+254.0% on the same week a year earlierWeekly comments36.9K19× on the same week a year earlier

Posts per weekComments per week0200400600020K40K60KNov ’242025MarMayJulSepNov2026MarMayJulSepWeek, dated by the Sunday it endedDownload this chart as a PNG imageDownload PNGPosts per weekComments per week0200400600025K50K75K2025MaySep2026MaySepWeek, dated by the Sunday it endedDownload this chart as a PNG imagePNG

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Week ending Sep 27, 2026
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ValueSince Oct 8, 2023Since the week beforeValueSince Oct 8, 2023Since the week before
r/dashcams37.2K19×+35.4% from Sep 20475K+311.2%+2.0% from Sep 20
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Activity pattern

Why r/dashcams is classified as Event-driven

Oscylo reads the newest 52 weeks of posts, comments and unique contributors and gives each subreddit one of the patterns below. The figures behind the label are shown beside it.

Activity patternEvent-driven

Activity in r/dashcams is concentrated in bursts, with less consistent timing across years. That pattern points to event-driven activity, though it stops short of naming a cause.

How the label is read

Concentration3.50×
2.5×

The busiest four weeks against the quietest, with the yearly trend taken out. At 2.5× or more the year counts as concentrated: Seasonal if the busy weeks came at the same time in earlier years, Event-driven if they did not, and Variable when there is too little history to tell.

Repeats on earlier years0.33
00.60

How closely this year's busy weeks match their timing in the three years before, on a scale from −1 to 1. At 0.60 or more the pattern counts as Seasonal.

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Posts and comments per weekThe newest 52 weeks against the 52 before, r/dashcams

Week ending Sep 27, 2026Newest 52 weeks37.2KThe 52 weeks before2,082

Posts and comments per week020K40K60KNov ’252026MarMayJulSepWeek, dated by the Sunday it endedDownload this chart as a PNG imageDownload PNGPeak 52K · May 24, 2026Posts and comments per week025K50K75KNov ’252026MarMayJulSepWeek, dated by the Sunday it endedDownload this chart as a PNG imagePNGPeak 52K · May 24, 2026

The 52 weeks before are drawn on the same calendar, so each week lines up with the matching week of the previous year.

Community anatomy

r/dashcams statistics

Six measures of how the community posts and replies, averaged over the twelve weeks from Jun 8, 2026 to Aug 30, 2026. Each bar places r/dashcams among every subreddit on Oscylo; the diamond marks the middle of its topic.

Comments per post

90.0 comments for each new post

LowerHigher

Higher than 91% of subreddits. Vehicles middle: 18.2.

Threaded replies

57% of comments reply to another comment

LowerHigher

Higher than 80% of subreddits. Vehicles middle: 50%.

Text posts

13% of new posts are text rather than links or media

LowerHigher

Higher than 22% of subreddits. Vehicles middle: 46%.

Activity per contributor

2.1 posts and comments per unique contributor each week

LowerHigher

Higher than 38% of subreddits. Vehicles middle: 2.3.

Most active 1%

4.5% of posts come from the busiest 1% of posting accounts

LowerHigher

Higher than 35% of subreddits. Vehicles middle: 3.9%.

Participation

35 unique contributors in the latest week for every 1,000 members

LowerHigher

Higher than 89% of subreddits. Vehicles middle: 11.

How contributions landPosts and comments by score
r/dashcamsAverage subreddit
Share of posts and comments0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%0–1: 58%58%0–12–3: 20%20%2–34–7: 9.1%9.1%4–78–15: 5.5%5.5%8–1516–31: 3.1%3.1%16–3132–127: 2.5%2.5%32–127128–511: 0.8%0.8%128–511512–2K: 0.3%0.3%512–2K2K+: 0.1%0.1%2K+Score (upvotes minus downvotes)Download this chart as a PNG imageDownload PNGShare of posts and comments0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%0–1: 58%0-12–3: 20%2-34–7: 9.1%4-78–15: 5.5%8-1516–31: 3.1%16-3132–127: 2.5%32-127128–511: 0.8%128-511512–2K: 0.3%512-2K2K+: 0.1%2K+Score (upvotes minus downvotes)Download this chart as a PNG imagePNG

Score is upvotes minus downvotes a day or more after the post or comment was made, over the same twelve weeks. Outlined bars show the average mix across every subreddit on Oscylo.

Against its category

r/dashcams beside every Vehicles subreddit

Posts and comments in r/dashcams are 11× year over year. The middle Vehicles subreddit is at +8.2%.

Year-on-year changeEvery Vehicles subreddit, posts and comments year over year
−75%−50%−25%0+25%+50%+100%+200%+400%Middle +8.2%r/formula1: +57.5%r/motorcycles: −39.9%r/aviation: +32.5%r/MechanicAdvice: −30.3%r/Cruise: −8.9%r/sailing: −10.5%r/whatcarshouldIbuy: +28.7%r/CarsIndia: +7.9%r/CarTalkUK: +8.2%r/trains: +38.9%r/BMW: −17.4%r/flying: −32.1%r/AskMechanics: −8.9%r/delta: +16.2%r/motogp: −18.3%r/indianrailways: +9.7%r/indianbikes: +9.1%r/flightradar24: −30.3%r/motorcycle: +29.8%r/WarshipPorn: +8.6%r/unitedairlines: +15.7%r/boating: −20.4%r/drivingUK: +52.1%r/nycrail: −27.2%r/royalcaribbean: −5.3%r/Flights: +7.8%r/Dirtbikes: −33.2%r/americanairlines: +11.6%r/airplanes: −1.4%r/PHMotorcycles: −38.3%r/transit: −16.6%r/royalenfield: +19.1%r/Ships: +1.5%r/motorcyclegear: −20.3%r/driving: +40.6%r/Amtrak: −2.6%r/CarnivalCruiseFans: −30.1%r/uktrains: +37.1%r/drehscheibe: +44.1%r/BritishAirways: −0.4%r/TTC: +99.6%r/dcl: +10.8%r/VirginVoyages: −34.3%r/NewRiders: +184.3%r/NCL: +37.8%r/SMRTRabak: +35.3%r/deutschebahn: +175.5%r/Ryanair: +19.6%r/formula1r/motorcyclesr/aviationr/MechanicAdvicer/Cruiser/sailingr/whatcarshouldIbuyr/CarsIndiar/CarTalkUKr/trainsr/dashcams 11×Posts and comments, year over yearDownload this chart as a PNG imageDownload PNG−75%−25%0+25%+100%+400%Middle +8.2%r/formula1: +57.5%r/motorcycles: −39.9%r/aviation: +32.5%r/MechanicAdvice: −30.3%r/Cruise: −8.9%r/sailing: −10.5%r/whatcarshouldIbuy: +28.7%r/CarsIndia: +7.9%r/CarTalkUK: +8.2%r/trains: +38.9%r/BMW: −17.4%r/flying: −32.1%r/AskMechanics: −8.9%r/delta: +16.2%r/motogp: −18.3%r/indianrailways: +9.7%r/indianbikes: +9.1%r/flightradar24: −30.3%r/motorcycle: +29.8%r/WarshipPorn: +8.6%r/unitedairlines: +15.7%r/boating: −20.4%r/drivingUK: +52.1%r/nycrail: −27.2%r/royalcaribbean: −5.3%r/Flights: +7.8%r/Dirtbikes: −33.2%r/americanairlines: +11.6%r/airplanes: −1.4%r/PHMotorcycles: −38.3%r/transit: −16.6%r/royalenfield: +19.1%r/Ships: +1.5%r/motorcyclegear: −20.3%r/driving: +40.6%r/Amtrak: −2.6%r/CarnivalCruiseFans: −30.1%r/uktrains: +37.1%r/drehscheibe: +44.1%r/BritishAirways: −0.4%r/TTC: +99.6%r/dcl: +10.8%r/VirginVoyages: −34.3%r/NewRiders: +184.3%r/NCL: +37.8%r/SMRTRabak: +35.3%r/deutschebahn: +175.5%r/Ryanair: +19.6%r/formula1r/motorcyclesr/aviationr/MechanicAdvicer/Cruiser/dashcams 11×Year over yearDownload this chart as a PNG imagePNG

Each subreddit's newest four weeks of posts and comments against the same four weeks a year earlier. The scale stretches near zero and compresses the extremes, and changes beyond +400% sit at the edge.

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