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r/AskHistory

For asking casual questions about historical events prior to 01/01/2001. Also see r/History or r/AskHistorians.

r/AskHistory Subreddit Stats & Analytics

r/AskHistory is a General Science subreddit in the Nerds category with 259,140 members. Use this page to track r/AskHistory stats, subscriber growth trends, daily and weekly analytics, and similar subreddits with related audiences.

Recent r/AskHistory growth: +418 members today (+0.16%) and +904 members this week (+0.35%).

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r/AskHistory Current Stats

Total Members
259,140

r/AskHistory Growth Analytics

24 hours
Growth↗ +0.2%
Net+418
Daily Avg+418
7 days
Growth↗ +0.3%
Net+788
Daily Avg+113
30 days
Growth↗ +1.6%
Net+3,982
Daily Avg+133

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r/AskHistory Subreddit Rules

1

Dont be a dick

Violation reason: Discussion should be in good faith. No trolling, ragebait, or bigotry of any kind.
2

Only discussions about events prior to 01/01/2001. No modern politics or culture wars.

Modern politics and culture wars are off topic for posts and comments in this subreddit.

Violation reason: No culture wars. No modern politics. Discussion of events prior to 01/01/2001 only.
3

No genocide denial, racism, or similar rhetoric.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide_denial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism

Violation reason: No genocide denial, racism or other bigotry.
4

Keep "what if" questions reasonable.

"What if" questions (also known as counter-factual questions) should include an explanation of what legitimate historical information you're looking for. "What if Lincoln had not been assassinated" should include the question "How did presidential and congressional reconstruction plans differ?"

We cannot and will not entertain butterfly-effect style questions. You can take such questions to r/WritingPrompts or r/HistoryWhatIf/

5

No AI-generated content

This is an "ask" sub, and a discussion sub. Please do not post AI-generated posts or comments. If using this reason to report content please be sure its a bot, and not just someone with an annoying typing style.

6

No low-effort posts

Posts must at minimum have enough accompanying text to contextualise and clarify your question and should be complex enough that they can't be sorted with a single, simple search engine query.

7

No homework or curriculum posts

Do not request help on homework assignments or with creating a curriculum. This includes posting surveys.

8

No promotional content of any kind

Don't promote your stuff in the sub. Posting or linking your youtube channel / blog / insta / ebook / facebook / app / gofundme, survey, research project or any other self-interested service, product, platform or content - creative or otherwise - will result in an instant and permanent ban.

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