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r/backpacking is a subreddit with 5.4M members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is massive in size, and has high activity.
A subreddit for traveling backpacking and wilderness backpacking, not restricted to one or the other. All posts must be flaired "Travel" or "Wilderness"
Popular Themes in r/backpacking
#1
Advice Requests
: "Any advice on how to get past this icy section?"
16 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Need some help deciding on a pack. Here’s everything I’m planning on carrying."
7 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "I Failed My First 3 Backpacking Trips—Here’s What I Learned So You Don’t Have To"
2 posts
#4
Money Talk
: "Realistically how much money do you need per day for the different parts of Europe?"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/backpacking
#1
Backpacking
: "10 days solo Backpacking through Uzbekistan"
81 posts
#2
Travel
: "And that’s how 12 years of non stop Traveling looks like"
41 posts
#3
Hiking
: "My wife (66) and I (67) are Hiking 1600 kilometers thru Italy - reaching Monte Curcio, Calabria, Italy"
40 posts
#4
Advice
: "Any Advice on how to get past this icy section?"
28 posts
#5
Trip
: "Our first backpacking Trip was exhausting 🤣"
26 posts
#6
Gear
: "Just getting started: thanks for all your help, guys! Finished my first ever 5 mile hike w/ Gear"
25 posts
#7
Camping
: "Missing!!! Tiffany Slaton went Camping alone in the Shaver Lake/Huntington Lake area on 20. April 2025 and her family hasn’t heard from her since."
10 posts
#8
Asia
: "Backpacking southeast Asia for 3 months- what do I not need?"
9 posts
#9
Europe
: "Illegal tenting in France"
8 posts
#10
Tips
: "I Failed My First 3 Backpacking Trips—Here’s What I Learned So You Don’t Have To"
7 posts
Member Growth in r/backpacking
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