r/TransNumbersToConsider

Apparently

1.4 million people in the USA identified as transgender in 2016

1.8% of Gen Z is trans

Take that, and consider how many people there are on reddit

In the various trans community threads

Currently at 11:53am 12/8/2021

Rough Reddit user estimate = 430,000,000

I get it I get it– not everyone uses reddit. I am very, very aware of this.

	r/trans	227,337
	r/transtimelines	147,874
	r/nonbinary	143,151
	r/mtf	134,595
	r/ftm	132,644
	r/ContraPoints	83,461
	r/transadorable	76,842
	r/genderfluid	56,848
	r/mtfselfietrain	51,144
	r/transgoddesses	49,600
	r/gendercynical	49,294
	r/genderqueer	47,519
	r/ftmfitness	25,543
	r/nonbinarytalk	18,865
	r/agender	18,659
	r/ftmmen	18,322
	r/truscum	16,041
	r/philosophytube	15,732
	r/ftm_irl	14,630
	r/ftmselfies	11,659
	r/nonbinarymemes	11,125
	r/genderfluid_irl	11,056
	r/nonbinaryteens	10,880
	r/transteens	5,165
	r/transphobiaproject	4,522
*pro-trans	r/terfisntaslur	3,703
	Bonus subreddits
	r/ama	675,901
	r/transcritical	private, can’t get in
	r/transtrenders	private, can’t get in
	Banned subreddits
	r/fatpeoplehate	151,000
	r/gendercritical	64,400
	r/radfemdiscussion	unknown, my bad, never saw it
	Any transphobic group gets the bucket in accordance with community guidelines.

Here’s the deal I don’t really use reddit very often.

It shows up in search results and I see what people say that makes other people mad and I wonder to myself–

Does my life need that?

But since I’ve been recovering from surgery I’ve had time on my hands up to my ass with nothing to do but watch the love/hate. There is nothing in between, just Nice, normal, and The other guy’s bitching. Plenty of overlap within groups I mean–

I am following all of them– except for r/nonbinary, which honestly pissed me off so bad I can’t look at it. I thought I got into this stuff, because I was looking for community but the truth is– I’m more like Shine Louise Houston– I like looking at things almost as much as I like doing them.

Will I stay active on reddit?

Probably, but only as a peruser–

See, the way the app is built–

You are much more likely

To do well as a commenter, than you are

As a poster– the peanut gallery

Has all the power.

But seriously folks the shit is useless– each subreddit is an echo chamber of the same belief, the same bullshit– anyone that disagrees just goes to a “different subreddit” until they either compromise, or go through the same process over again.

The idea that you’re somehow in less of an echo than other places on the internet is an attitude I find common amongst redditors– they seem to think that the observations of anon strangers mean more there than people with faces.

It’s literally ridiculous, and as an app lover I’m all over it.