What you get
Members and 7-day growth from our safe-for-work directory, posts/day and post-type mixes when we have samples, topic tags, and short rule titles. Selected pairs below include a short written comparison.
Good to know
- Adult (18+) and quarantined communities are rejected.
- Unknown names may use one rate-limited public archive lookup, then show only what that returns.
- If a field isn't in our data, it stays n/a — we don't fill gaps with guesses or "daily visitor" estimates.
Comparisons we prepared
Hand-written explanations for pairs where the public descriptions and rules support a real distinction:
- r/gardening vs r/houseplants — Outdoor plots and broad plant care versus indoor houseplant focus.
- r/programming vs r/learnprogramming — Link-heavy programming news vs beginner question threads.
- r/AskReddit vs r/NoStupidQuestions — Open-ended discussion prompts versus straightforward factual questions.
- r/Cooking vs r/Baking — Stovetop technique discussion versus bake-share recipes and photos.
- r/personalfinance vs r/Frugal — Budgeting and long-term money planning versus everyday frugality habits.