r/firefly

Founded January 2009 · Public — anyone can post

Updated Oct 10

/r/Firefly, for all your Sci-Fi western needs. The Reddit for everything in the Verse! Can't stop the signal. Shiny.

Members

182,707

183K

Online now

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not captured in the last snapshot

Posts per day

3.4

from the last 100 posts, spanning 28.9 days

Comments per post

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no sample yet

Growth · 7d

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not enough history yet

Growth · 30d

+0.3%

+551 members · ≈32d

Promo tolerance

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not assessed yet

Last post

Oct 9

sampled Oct 10

Distinct posters

83%

of the last 100 posts

Tracking since Sep 8 · 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/firefly — frequently asked

How many members does r/firefly have?

r/firefly has 182,707 members as of our most recent crawl on Oct 10. 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/firefly growing?

Over the last ≈32 days r/firefly changed by +0.3% — a gain of 551 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/firefly?

Around 3.4 posts per day, measured from the newest 100 posts on Reddit, which span 28.9 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/firefly created?

r/firefly was founded in January 2009 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/firefly?

Of the last 100 posts we sampled, 83% came from distinct accounts; the newest was published Oct 9. 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/firefly?

We don't have a promo-tolerance read for r/firefly 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/firefly for mentions?

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

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r/firefly Subreddit Stats — 183K members, 3.4 posts/day