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r/AskHouston

Founded September 2021 · Public — anyone can post

Updated Aug 28

Planning a visit to Houston? Or a long-time resident of Houston wanting to learn more? Use this community to ask Houston locals questions that you may not be able to find on Google: recommendations for restaurants, itinerary suggestions, questions about specific neighborhoods...etc. Please use the search function first as many questions are asked (and answered) repeatedly. If you don't find your answer in search, provide as much detail about your trip as possible so we can better help you plan!

Members

12,083

12K

Online now

not captured in the last snapshot

Posts per day

14.2

from the last 100 posts, spanning 7.0 days

Comments per post

no sample yet

Growth · 7d

not enough history yet

Growth · 30d

+14%

+1.5K members · ≈29d

Promo tolerance

not assessed yet

Last post

Aug 28

sampled Aug 28

Distinct posters

96%

of the last 100 posts

Tracking since Jul 31 · growth spans are the real distance between snapshots, not rounded windows. Posts/day is measured from the community’s own newest posts on Reddit, not from what Prowlo happens to crawl.

Member growth

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r/AskHouston — frequently asked

How many members does r/AskHouston have?

r/AskHouston has 12,083 members as of our most recent crawl on Aug 28. Prowlo re-checks tracked communities on a rolling schedule, so this figure moves rather than sitting frozen at whatever it was when a scraper last ran.

Is r/AskHouston growing?

Over the last ≈29 days r/AskHouston changed by +14% — a gain of 1.5K members. We compare against the nearest snapshot we actually hold and state the real span rather than rounding it to a clean "30 days".

How active is r/AskHouston?

Around 14.2 posts per day, measured from the newest 100 posts on Reddit, which span 7.0 days. Posting rate matters more than subscriber count when you're deciding where to spend your time — it determines how long your comment stays visible.

When was r/AskHouston created?

r/AskHouston was founded in September 2021 and is a public — anyone can post community. Age matters: an older community with steady growth has survived Reddit's moderation churn; a young one with a spike may not.

Who posts in r/AskHouston?

Of the last 100 posts we sampled, 96% came from distinct accounts; the newest was published Aug 28. A low share means a feed dominated by a handful of accounts (bots, mods, or one prolific poster) rather than a community.

Can I promote my product in r/AskHouston?

We don't have a promo-tolerance read for r/AskHouston yet. Default to the safe approach: read the sidebar rules, contribute in threads where you gain nothing, and mention your product only when it is the honest answer to someone's question.

How do I monitor r/AskHouston for mentions?

Hit Watch on this page. Prowlo starts crawling r/AskHouston into your Dataset — every new post indexed and embedded, searchable semantically, queryable by your AI agent over MCP, and able to trigger keyword alerts in Slack. Prowlo is read-only; it never posts on your behalf.

Can my AI agent read r/AskHouston's stats?

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r/AskHouston: 12.1K members, 14.2 posts/day (Aug 2026)