r/worldnews

World News

Founded January 2008 · Public — anyone can post

Updated Sep 25

A place for major news from around the world, excluding US-internal news.

Members

47,619,829

47.6M

Online now

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not captured in the last snapshot

Posts per day

84.9

from the last 100 posts, spanning 28.0h

Comments per post

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no sample yet

Growth · 7d

+0.0%

+17K members · ≈7d

Growth · 30d

+0.2%

+81K members · ≈30d

Promo tolerance

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not assessed yet

Last post

Sep 25

sampled Sep 25

Distinct posters

85%

of the last 100 posts

Tracking since Aug 4 · 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.

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r/worldnews — frequently asked

How many members does r/worldnews have?

r/worldnews has 47,619,829 members as of our most recent crawl on Sep 25. 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/worldnews growing?

Over the last ≈30 days r/worldnews changed by +0.2% — a gain of 81K 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/worldnews?

Around 84.9 posts per day, measured from the newest 100 posts on Reddit, which span 28.0h. 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/worldnews created?

r/worldnews was founded in January 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/worldnews?

Of the last 100 posts we sampled, 85% came from distinct accounts; the newest was published Sep 25. 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/worldnews?

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

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r/worldnews Subreddit Stats — 47.6M members, 84.9 posts/day