r/london

London, UK

Founded July 2008 · Public — anyone can post

Updated Oct 3

A sub for everyday London life and the occasional tourist that passes through. Please read the rules and be respectful to our community.

Members

1,592,830

1.6M

Online now

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not captured in the last snapshot

Posts per day

23.8

from the last 100 posts, spanning 4.2 days

Comments per post

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no sample yet

Growth · 7d

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not enough history yet

Growth · 30d

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not enough history yet

Promo tolerance

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not assessed yet

Last post

Oct 3

sampled Oct 3

Distinct posters

90%

of the last 100 posts

Tracking since Oct 3 · 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

Tracking since Oct 3 — growth charts appear after a week of history.

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r/london — frequently asked

How many members does r/london have?

r/london has 1,592,830 members as of our most recent crawl on Oct 3. 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/london growing?

We don't have 30 days of snapshot history for r/london yet, so we're not going to invent a growth number. We've been tracking it since Oct 3; the chart fills in as history accumulates.

How active is r/london?

Around 23.8 posts per day, measured from the newest 100 posts on Reddit, which span 4.2 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/london created?

r/london was founded in July 2008 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/london?

Of the last 100 posts we sampled, 90% came from distinct accounts; the newest was published Oct 3. 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/london?

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

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

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r/london Subreddit Stats — 1.59M members, 23.8 posts/day