/r/Futurology/

r/Futurology

21.7M members
r/Futurology is a subreddit with 21.7M members. The most common kinds of discussions are news and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses self driving cars, self driving, drought, clean energy, and coal, and they frequently recommend/review youtube channels and ai girlfriend app.
A subreddit devoted to the field of Future(s) Studies and evidence-based speculation about the development of humanity, technology, and civilization. -------- You can also find us in the fediverse at - https://futurology.today

Popular Themes in r/Futurology

#1
News
: "The Number of Regular People Being Arrested for Protesting Data Centers Is Astounding"
41 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Employers are ghosting college grads and rescinding offers, destroying morale"
4 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "I made this 3d visualization of lake mead water levels because I wanted to visualize the levels over time, the datas there but no easy to use visualization tool existed before."
2 posts
#4
Advice Requests
: "Corporate America is backing Sal Khan's plan for a University where full degrees will cost $10,000 in total."
2 posts
#5
Opportunities
: "If a green infrastructure bill were to pass in the U.S., what would you most like to see included and why?"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/Futurology

#1

Self Driving Cars

5 posts
#2

Self Driving

5 posts
#3

Drought

2 posts
#4

Clean Energy

2 posts
#5

Coal

2 posts
#6

Energy

2 posts
#7

Robot

: "Study Suggests The More Time We Spend With AI, The More Robot-Like We Become"
2 posts
#8

Nuclear Fusion

: "Nuclear Fusion: new US-China race for limitless power"
2 posts
#9

Nuclear

: "Nuclear fusion: new US-China race for limitless power"
2 posts
#10

Fusion

: "Nuclear Fusion: new US-China race for limitless power"
2 posts

Products Discussed in r/Futurology

#1
Isaac Arthur
4.0 from 2 reviews
#2
Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur
4.0 from 1 review
#3
Foresight Institute
5.0 from 1 review
#1
Heaven-Girlfriend
5.0 from 7 reviews
#2
Lusty Companion
4.7 from 3 reviews
#3
Sexting Companion
5.0 from 1 review

Flair Used in r/Futurology

#1
AI
: "The Number of Regular People Being Arrested for Protesting Data Centers Is Astounding"
38 posts
#2
Space
: "The Pentagon has finally realized that hardening of their sattelites is not optional"
18 posts
#3
Discussion
: "Meta’s Big Reckoning Is Here: Meta is in court again over child safety, and this time it’s a landmark case that could force significant changes to core features of Facebook and Instagram."
17 posts
#4
Society
: "Singapore to pay parents $55,000 per child to boost abysmal 0.87 birth rate"
13 posts
#5
Medicine
: "No gym needed: scientists in China develop self-exercising muscle grafts"
12 posts
#6
Robotics
: "What if cheap drones could hit any target worldwide? Ukraine is testing doubling its drones' range by tethering them to high-altitude balloons."
11 posts
#7
Energy
: "New England governors to explore advanced nuclear, fusion technologies at Lowell summit"
10 posts
#8
Environment
: "Radical Overhaul to Milk Production Would Use Up to 96% Less Land Than Cows: If we replace traditional dairy milk with milk produced by precision fermentation using genetically engineered yeast or fungi to produce dairy proteins, the land footprint would be up to 96% lower than that of cow's milk."
7 posts
#9
Biotech
: "NASA-Funded Scientists Turn Plastic Bottle Waste Into 'Edible' Cookies, Human Taste Tests Set to Follow"
7 posts
#10
Transport
: "The future of aviation. In New York, a 30-seat electric plane flew for 27 minutes on $5 of electricity. In Ohio, they're building a 2,000 km range electric passenger plane that doesn't need airports, and can take off from anywhere."
6 posts

Member Growth in r/Futurology

Yearly
+142k members(0.7%)

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Last updated: September 1, 2026