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r/gaming

RisingGamingCreated Sep 17, 2007

Gaming news and discussion across platforms, genres, and releases.

Compare in the tracker How these metrics are definedr/gaming on Reddit
3.1Mweekly visitors · 28-day average, observed Oct 2, 2026
47.3Mmembers · observed Oct 2, 2026
65.6Kcontributions · week ending Sep 27, 2026
Since 2021membership records in the public showcase

Fixed weekly detail

Weekly activity in r/gaming

Compare complete weeks of contributions and contributors across their displayed periods.

Weekly contributionsPublic posts plus comments, r/gaming
latest 65.6Kweek ending Sep 27, 202652-week average 63.7K
31.9K55.3K78.6K102K125.3KSep 25Dec 25Mar 26Jun 26Sep 26Weekly contributionspeak 115.1K · Jul 5, 202631.9K78.6K125.3KSep 25Mar 26Sep 26peak 115.1K · Jul 5, 2026

Each point is a complete Monday–Sunday UTC total, dated by the Sunday it closed. Oct 5, 2025 – Sep 27, 2026.

Weekly contributorsUnique accounts contributing, r/gaming
latest 41Kweek ending Aug 30, 202652-week average 31K
18.5K26.1K33.7K41.3K49KSep 25Dec 25Mar 26Jun 26Aug 26Weekly contributorspeak 45.6K · Jul 5, 202618.5K33.7K49KSep 25Mar 26Aug 26peak 45.6K · Jul 5, 2026

Each point is a complete Monday–Sunday UTC total, dated by the Sunday it closed. Sep 7, 2025 – Aug 30, 2026.

RisingActivity pattern

Contributions and the number of contributing accounts in r/gaming both trend upward across their displayed periods.

Activity range
1.96×
Busiest four-week period relative to the quietest, after removing the trend. A ratio of 2.5× or more indicates concentrated activity.
Contributions
+36.2%/yr
Annualized trend across the displayed contribution period, using a robust fit that reduces the influence of individual spikes.
Contributors
+8.9%/yr
Trend in distinct contributing accounts across the displayed contributor period. Rising or cooling requires agreement between both measures.

Reach and participation

Visitors and contributions

Compare audience reach with participation over the shared period. Visitor counts are smoothed over 28 days, so short bursts can appear later and less sharply.

Reach × participationWeekly visitors and weekly contributions, one timeline
Visitors · left scaleContributions · right scale
2.4M3.7M5M42.2K78.6K115.1KSep 25Dec 25Mar 26Jun 26Sep 26Weekly visitorsWeekly contributions2.4M3.7M5M42.2K78.6K115.1KSep 25Mar 26Sep 26

Historical comparison through Sep 27, 2026. Visitors are a 28-day average; contributions are complete Monday–Sunday UTC totals. The two lines use separate scales, so compare their timing and direction rather than their heights.

The long view

Membership over time

Monthly member counts for r/gaming, from the first available month shown below.

Membership since 2021Members over time, r/gaming
47.3M+42.0% since Aug 21
34.3M40.3M46.4MAug 21Dec 22Mar 24Jun 25Oct 26Members34.3M40.3M46.4MAug 21Mar 24Oct 26

Latest available reading in each month. The vertical axis follows the observed range and does not start at zero.

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