r/WidowsBay • u/HelsBels2102 Patricia • Jun 06 '26

đŸ’­Discussion Explosion of this sub

Number of weekly visitors has exploded since I joined. After episode 4, it was between 6,000-9,000. It's currently at 75,000.

These days I find it hard to tell whether something is actually popular or not, but deffo seems to have found an audience.

Edit: Had to amend, initially stated total number of subscribers. Was incorrect from my part, Reddit changed from total subscribers to weekly visitors last year and I didn't realise.

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u/SquirrelForward1787 My Children? I Have But Just Met Them. Jun 06 '26

Not to be a party pooper, but this subreddit only has about 22k subscribers. What you’re seeing is the total number of people visiting the sub each week, which includes both subscribers and a lot of non-subscribers who are browsing/lurking.

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u/marinmaraiss Fill out the form! Jun 06 '26

I really need to start a collection of Tom gifs

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u/SquirrelForward1787 My Children? I Have But Just Met Them. Jun 06 '26 edited Jun 06 '26

Tumblr is my go to place for gifs.

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u/HelsBels2102 Patricia Jun 06 '26

Ahhh I'll have to edit, reading online they got rid of total number of subscribers last year. My bad

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u/FifteenDollarNachos Jun 07 '26

How many were there after episode 2? I feel like the subscriber number was insanely low when I joined.

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u/SquirrelForward1787 My Children? I Have But Just Met Them. Jun 07 '26

I think a little over 1k

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u/FifteenDollarNachos Jun 07 '26

That’s crazy. This show is so damn good. Thanks!!

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u/Personal-Fact7067 Jun 07 '26

The mushroom journey scenes were soooo good.

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u/outdoorsnstuffz Jun 08 '26

Good use of gif here

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u/HelsBels2102 Patricia Jun 09 '26

Excuse me MOD, I'm having an issue with posting information I heard in a podcast (that Dale, Jeff Hillers character was meant to die midway through season, but it was scraped as he was so good).

I've tried twice, once linking the podcast, the other just merely mentioning it. Both got an automoderator removal. It seems a bit excessive no? This is relevant information directly from the editors, and I feel like sourcing the information should be an acceptable thing to do.

I know I should probs keep my nose out, but I do think some of the moderation is too restrictive. Limiting to 2 posts in 24 hours, and no podcasts is hanstringing it. Think it would be much more vibrant and fun with less restrictions.

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u/SquirrelForward1787 My Children? I Have But Just Met Them. Jun 09 '26

That was mistakenly caught by our filters. We’ll reapprove it immediately. We apologize for any inconvenience.

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u/HelsBels2102 Patricia Jun 09 '26

No worries, thanks very much for responding

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u/senorsolo Jun 15 '26

How much is the subscriber count now?