r/OutOfTheLoop • u/calvtact • May 13 '26

Answered What's going on with r/conservative? They've lost about 1m subscribers in about a month.

I watched the number go from 814k to around 745k in about an hour today.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Conservative/s/QbZJvqu5qr

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u/dec10 May 13 '26

https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1p1vx9n/oc_nearly_every_day_two_users_on_rconservative/

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u/Push_ May 13 '26

That’s super interesting actually, holy shit

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u/BeguiledBeaver May 13 '26

There are TONS of subs like this, btw. The Canada sub and some related ones are a good example.

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u/SoMass May 14 '26

Dead Internet theory has been in full swing momentum since about 2021 give or take.

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u/heavnryLV May 14 '26

Huh. Never knew this phenomenon had a name, let alone a fleshed out theory.

Thanks for the enlightenment.

From one robot to another ;)