/r/geography/

r/geography

1.7M members
r/geography is a subreddit with 1.7M members. The community frequently discusses geography, countries, cities, climate, and maps, and they frequently recommend/review map making software, program, and youtube channels, and the most common flair used is map, discussion, question, image, and video.
The study of the Earth and its features, inhabitants, and phenomena.

Popular Topics in r/geography

#1

Geography

44 posts
#2

Countries

26 posts
#3

Cities

20 posts
#4

Climate

12 posts
#5

Maps

7 posts
#6

Islands

6 posts
#7

City

6 posts
#8

United States

4 posts
#9

History

4 posts
#10

Asia

4 posts

Products Discussed in r/geography

#1
QGIS
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
CartoDB
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Indiemapper
4.0★ from 1 review

Program

2 reviews
#1
University of Kentucky
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
University of California, Berkeley
4.0★ from 1 review
#1
Real Life Lore
5.0★ from 1 review

Flair Used in r/geography

#1
Map
: "Brazil's borders during their Capitanias Hereditárias historical period are a very strong contender to the worst artificial borders of all time good grief"
24 posts
#2
Discussion
: "Why didn't corridor Fargo-Duluth-Sault Saint Mary become a more prosperous one while although allowing one of the easiest ways to meridionally connect west with east of the North America?"
24 posts
#3
Question
: "Why do California's counties form a straight line divide here?"
18 posts
#4
Image
: "Winter snowfall in my Humid Subtropical Chinese hometown (~29°N)"
7 posts
#5
Video
: "Vastness of Amazon rainforest"
5 posts
#6
Meme/Humor
: "The island of Java, Indonesia has an estimated population of about 156 to 159 million people"
4 posts
#7
Human Geography
: "wonder what the current population here is."
2 posts
#8
GIS/Geospatial
: "Geographic information system is this week's "Article for Improvement" on Wikipedia."
2 posts
#9
Article/News
: "The eruption that buried Pompeii is helping scientists synchronize Earth’s geological clocks"
2 posts
#10
Physical Geography
: "The 2014 Oso landslide in Washington wasn't the first slide on that hillside"
2 posts

Member Growth in r/geography

Yearly
+283k members(20.5%)

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Last updated: October 1, 2026