r/dinosaurs
RAWR! What's new in the field of Paleontology? What are we learning about them now? Dinosaur art, finds, and speculation: it all goes here.
How to think about r/dinosaurs
The community is dedicated to discussions and sharing of content related to dinosaurs and paleontology. Members explore recent discoveries, scientific advancements, and artistic representations of dinosaurs, fostering a vibrant exchange of ideas and speculation. The playful tone, encapsulated by the community's playful 'RAWR!' slogan, sets it apart as a welcoming space for both enthusiasts and casual fans alike.
Confidence 4/5
Audience
Participants are typically a mix of paleontology enthusiasts, students, and casual fans, ranging from children to adults. They share a common interest in dinosaurs, often motivated by curiosity and a desire to learn. The vibe is generally enthusiastic and supportive, with members valuing both scientific accuracy and creative interpretations of prehistoric life.
Posting culture
Content that thrives includes scientific articles, artwork, and engaging discussions about dinosaur behavior and paleontological findings. Members appreciate humor and creativity, but overly promotional or irrelevant posts tend to be downvoted. The community encourages regular posting, with a mix of memes, educational content, and personal insights, creating a lively atmosphere.
Brand engagement notes
Brands should approach this community with caution, as overt promotion is often met with skepticism. Authentic engagement, such as sharing educational content or collaborating with artists and paleontologists, is more likely to resonate. Brands can also participate in discussions or share relevant discoveries, but should avoid hard-selling products. Fostering genuine connections and contributing to the community's knowledge base is key to successful engagement.
Top keywords
What r/dinosaurs talks about
Weighted by how often each term appears in posts and comments, relative to baseline frequency. The largest words are the strongest signals of community focus.
External signals
Where the community looks
Top external domains linked from posts and comments — a quick read on the sources of truth this audience trusts.
Top contributors
Who shapes the conversation
The most active and most-upvoted posters and commenters in this community. Useful when planning outreach or studying a community's tastemakers.
Top posters
By post count
- u/[deleted]
- u/Astronomer_X
- u/ToughAcanthisitta451
- u/CoolioAruff
- u/jes86deviantart
- u/javier_aeoa
- u/ElCamino96
- u/AJ_Crowley_29
- u/EmptySpaceForAHeart
- u/Joseph_680
- u/Proxima_Centuria
- u/DeathSongGamer
- u/IllRadish6627
- u/JakubChauliodus
- u/Mystic_Saiyan
- u/MysteriousDinner7822
- u/Spino_Rider_77
- u/Prs_mira86
- u/AJC_10_29
- u/Zillajami-Fnaffan2
- u/Remote-Ad-3309
- u/It-wasnt_me-i-swear
- u/snieves0426
- u/RANDOM-902
- u/Mamboo07
- u/thegeolojosh
- u/BigOleTurdDragon
- u/Shadonic_hedgehog
- u/Yeetus_The_Mighty_
- u/unaizilla
- u/SkintGirafde
- u/That_Nature_Dude
- u/Olivia_Richards
- u/Emilythecoyote
- u/Most_Common8114
- u/GingerRat777
- u/Cara980
- u/Vanilla_Ice_Best_Boi
- u/insert-profile-name
- u/Crimson_Medusa
- u/gojienjoyer1995
- u/dinojack1000
- u/G-fan25
- u/UnexpectedDinoLesson
- u/robotLights
- u/elrojosombrero
- u/jessie1234733
- u/DNAMellieCase
- u/Wonderful-Property46
- u/DeadMeme2003
- u/FancysaurusRex
- u/OticalPrime
- u/NazRigarA3D
- u/Individual-Egg6702
- u/saltdawg88
- u/Beautiful_Surround39
- u/H_G_Bells
- u/TeendroidAgainLMAO
- u/VLenin2291
- u/Illiterate_Scholar
- u/Rhedosaurus
- u/qdotbones
- u/Apprehensive-Fee-772
- u/JurassicJustice
- u/Homunculus_316
- u/Lizziox
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- u/H3lheimyr
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- u/THE_VOLK87
- u/4niteFrance
- u/Jo_Hikkuman_Official
- u/arnoldwhite
- u/AramRex
- u/Zuyura
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- u/JAOC_7
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- u/Acrobatic-Look9126
- u/not-cucumber
- u/Clockwork-Robot
- u/UnknownDino
- u/Shiitakia
- u/ArtMakerProductions
- u/Apprehensive_Lie8438
- u/the_lego_lad
- u/T3knikal95
- u/TRN18
- u/Savings_Cost_1126
- u/A_HECKIN_DOGGO
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- u/shaelyngstig
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- u/BenjaminMohler
- u/DaMn96XD
- u/505DinoBoy
- u/DSPGM171
- u/DinoGarret
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- u/[deleted]
- u/CoolioAruff
- u/ToughAcanthisitta451
- u/Astronomer_X
- u/EmptySpaceForAHeart
- u/IllRadish6627
- u/javier_aeoa
- u/jes86deviantart
- u/AJ_Crowley_29
- u/It-wasnt_me-i-swear
- u/Spino_Rider_77
- u/snieves0426
- u/MysteriousDinner7822
- u/JakubChauliodus
- u/Mystic_Saiyan
- u/ElCamino96
- u/Joseph_680
- u/Prs_mira86
- u/Gasawok
- u/elrojosombrero
- u/RANDOM-902
- u/DNAMellieCase
- u/jessie1234733
- u/AJC_10_29
- u/SkintGirafde
- u/Mamboo07
- u/BigOleTurdDragon
- u/Most_Common8114
- u/Wonderful-Property46
- u/unaizilla
- u/Proxima_Centuria
- u/Mat0fr
- u/DeadMeme2003
- u/insert-profile-name
- u/Homunculus_316
- u/Individual-Egg6702
- u/NazRigarA3D
- u/FancysaurusRex
- u/GojiraPlayer
- u/AffirmingToe15
- u/thegeolojosh
- u/TropicalDen
- u/Kinasortamaybe
- u/Cara980
- u/Crimson_Medusa
- u/Olivia_Richards
- u/Gillzter10
- u/H_G_Bells
- u/Notyou55555
- u/Zachaweee
- u/MrBaDZaG
- u/saltdawg88
- u/Jo_Hikkuman_Official
- u/THE_VOLK87
- u/SnensQ
- u/arnoldwhite
- u/FlameRocker5
- u/Bustedflush91
- u/sushifarts69
- u/That_Nature_Dude
- u/MoRbidanGeL23
- u/NXGZ
- u/Arthurdm99
- u/4niteFrance
- u/_big-shaq_
- u/Based_Katie
- u/H3lheimyr
- u/rosakame
- u/JurassicJustice
- u/Pyrotyrano
- u/Illiterate_Scholar
- u/suicidesalmon
- u/CthulhuMadness
- u/AramRex
- u/SolomonArchive
- u/MeowMewoFuzzyface
- u/JAOC_7
- u/DRAGONxOFxTHExWEST
- u/Turti8
- u/iwasasin
- u/RockDrakeFucker_69
- u/Shadonic_hedgehog
- u/Lizziox
- u/GojiFan1985
- u/SarcasmKing41
- u/Learn1Thing
- u/Tiarnasaur
- u/thefinalcutdown
- u/Victo2137
- u/Zuyura
- u/slickdick969
- u/reality-check12
- u/VLenin2291
- u/catt1986
- u/doctorzaius6969
- u/Palandium
- u/sBroz410
- u/ClawyTheDinoRaptor
- u/hobovirginity
- u/qdotbones
Top commenters
By comment count
- u/[deleted]
- u/It-wasnt_me-i-swear
- u/Silent_Start_7036
- u/AJ_Crowley_29
- u/Jo_Hikkuman_Official
- u/Lizziox
- u/Mystic_Saiyan
- u/paireon
- u/JAOC_7
- u/TheBandero
- u/jorginhosssauro
- u/RANDOM-902
- u/Video_Mode
- u/Yarus43
- u/GUGUGAGGA
- u/Grimbauld
- u/Deblebsgonnagetyou
- u/AntonBrakhage
- u/Ed_Derick_
- u/Prs_mira86
- u/StarGlitcherZ
- u/Joseph_680
- u/michael_fiedler_phd
- u/Goldgator420
- u/ANegrowithaPurpose
- u/MetaDragon11
- u/kickarseLprogamer
- u/ImperialxWarlord
- u/Lycaon125
- u/Scared_Chemical_9910
- u/4thmonkey96
- u/SirJacob100
- u/satuuurn
- u/Olivia_Richards
- u/kyle28882
- u/arnoldwhite
- u/SkollFenrirson
- u/Farren246
- u/JoJosBizAdv_is_cring
- u/Flimsy_Recover1806
- u/Silver_Alpha
- u/This_Pizza3257
- u/Candid_Dragonfly_573
- u/Old-Ad-3126
- u/Bob_Sherlock
- u/Remote-Ad-3309
- u/Lvl_5_Dino
- u/MrSoInSo
- u/Mattarias
- u/Geckos345
- u/Tsintato
- u/RRreaded
- u/mangababe
- u/TheGBZard
- u/BlueRabbit1999
- u/Due-Pack-7968
- u/cum_burglar69
- u/Nightcheerios
- u/ThePopeJones
- u/Crimson_Medusa
- u/LeoTheYutyrannus
- u/Aromatic_Ad2904
- u/Western-Bite1759
- u/mix_th30ry
- u/Traditional_Scar2445
- u/Sparrow-Scratchagain
- u/Tyranid457TheSecond1
- u/Robinico
- u/LimitApprehensive568
- u/gojienjoyer1995
- u/TheRedEyedAlien
- u/NerdyCrow100
- u/WonderfulBlackberry9
- u/Tea_Bender
- u/HotShrekBoi
- u/k3ttch
- u/AlienDilo
- u/karthonic
- u/SableyeTheCommenter
- u/lew1zy
- u/ToughAcanthisitta451
- u/razor45Dino
- u/Beritrea
- u/Hulkbuster_v2
- u/10Exahertz
- u/PandaPrime045
- u/Oniisankayle
- u/AveBalaBrava
- u/CommercialSolution94
- u/Rammipallero
- u/MegaCroissant
- u/TereziBot
- u/Phat22
- u/Monty-The-Gator
- u/MatthewTheSkeleton
- u/VictorytheBiaromatic
- u/Brian18639
- u/CheesecakeRacoon
- u/Brain_0ff
- u/tkdyo
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- u/[deleted]
- u/TheBandero
- u/Bloodaxe007
- u/DarkArcher__
- u/RANDOM-902
- u/AJ_Crowley_29
- u/ANegrowithaPurpose
- u/Ed_Derick_
- u/Ordinary-Storage-170
- u/Rigatonicat
- u/JurassicJustice
- u/KeybladeMasterAqua
- u/hadrosaur-harley
- u/SuburbanHamster
- u/Justin1was1here
- u/clunkerbob
- u/blackday44
- u/It-wasnt_me-i-swear
- u/TheRedEyedAlien
- u/adamskij
- u/MrSoInSo
- u/RAAProvenzano
- u/TrackerNineEight
- u/beans2505
- u/callmedale
- u/Alaska_Pipeliner
- u/jorginhosssauro
- u/Professional_Owl7826
- u/Hulkbuster_v2
- u/Titanguy101
- u/unplugged22
- u/ArwingElite
- u/Bonus_Content
- u/TheRealPigeonGuy
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- u/alpha_ghost_27
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- u/NateZilla10000
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- u/Makzimov
- u/the_lego_lad
- u/Mystic_Saiyan
- u/sideshowtoma
- u/Knezevich
- u/wisewizard
- u/JamesJe13
- u/Theory_Unusual
- u/Deblebsgonnagetyou
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- u/MetaDragon11
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- u/cheeky_raptor_boi
- u/cherish_it
- u/Mattarias
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- u/GOD-OF-A-NEW-WORLD
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- u/GodzillaKOTM2020
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- u/Crowbar12121
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FAQ
r/dinosaurs — frequently asked questions
Quick facts about this subreddit's size, history, focus, and related communities.
How many subscribers does r/dinosaurs have?
r/dinosaurs has approximately 387,661 subscribers as of May 27, 2026.
When was r/dinosaurs created?
r/dinosaurs was created on September 20, 2008 (18 years ago).
What is r/dinosaurs about?
The community is dedicated to discussions and sharing of content related to dinosaurs and paleontology. Members explore recent discoveries, scientific advancements, and artistic representations of dinosaurs, fostering a vibrant exchange of ideas and speculation. The playful tone, encapsulated by the community's playful 'RAWR!' slogan, sets it apart as a welcoming space for b…
What subreddits are similar to r/dinosaurs?
Communities similar to r/dinosaurs include r/paleontology, r/jurassicpark, r/jurassicworldevo, r/jurassicmemes, r/prehistoricmemes.
Who are the most active posters on r/dinosaurs?
The most frequent posters on r/dinosaurs include u/[deleted], u/Astronomer_X, u/ToughAcanthisitta451.
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