r/washingtondc

District of Columbia

Founded May 2008 · Public — anyone can post

Updated Oct 17

A subreddit for those living in and visiting Washington, DC and the immediate surrounding area. The humidity will pass, and remember: stand on the right, walk on the left.

Members

541,470

541K

Online now

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not captured in the last snapshot

Posts per day

37.9

from the last 100 posts, spanning 2.6 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 17

sampled Oct 17

Distinct posters

98%

of the last 100 posts

Tracking since Oct 17 · 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 17 — growth charts appear after a week of history.

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r/washingtondc — frequently asked

How many members does r/washingtondc have?

r/washingtondc has 541,470 members as of our most recent crawl on Oct 17. 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/washingtondc growing?

We don't have 30 days of snapshot history for r/washingtondc yet, so we're not going to invent a growth number. We've been tracking it since Oct 17; the chart fills in as history accumulates.

How active is r/washingtondc?

Around 37.9 posts per day, measured from the newest 100 posts on Reddit, which span 2.6 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/washingtondc created?

r/washingtondc was founded in May 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/washingtondc?

Of the last 100 posts we sampled, 98% came from distinct accounts; the newest was published Oct 17. 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/washingtondc?

We don't have a promo-tolerance read for r/washingtondc 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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