r/slatestarcodex
Slate Star Codex: In a Mad World, All Blogging is Psychiatry Blogging
Founded February 2014 · Public — anyone can post
Slate Star Codex was the former name for a blog by Scott Alexander about human cognition, politics, and medicine. In 2021, the name was changed to Astral Codex Ten: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/
Members
83,367
83K
Online now
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not captured in the last snapshot
Posts per day
3.6
from the last 100 posts, spanning 27.3 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
Sep 11
sampled Sep 11
Distinct posters
71%
of the last 100 posts
Tracking since Sep 11 · 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 Sep 11 — growth charts appear after a week of history.
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r/slatestarcodex — frequently asked
How many members does r/slatestarcodex have?
r/slatestarcodex has 83,367 members as of our most recent crawl on Sep 11. 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/slatestarcodex growing?
We don't have 30 days of snapshot history for r/slatestarcodex yet, so we're not going to invent a growth number. We've been tracking it since Sep 11; the chart fills in as history accumulates.
How active is r/slatestarcodex?
Around 3.6 posts per day, measured from the newest 100 posts on Reddit, which span 27.3 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/slatestarcodex created?
r/slatestarcodex was founded in February 2014 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/slatestarcodex?
Of the last 100 posts we sampled, 71% came from distinct accounts; the newest was published Sep 11. 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/slatestarcodex?
We don't have a promo-tolerance read for r/slatestarcodex 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.
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