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Each month, people come to Reddit to discuss and discover the best of the web and with the midterms upon us it’s no different. In fact, we typically see an average of 200M monthly engagements on political content on Reddit, nearly a 10% growth since start of 2018.

Here’s a quick breakdown of monthly engagements around political content, on average:

  • 200M+ monthly Engagements on political content:

    • 6M comments

    • 310K submissions

    • 173M upvotes

    • 28M downvotes

    • 1M new subscriptions

From discussing candidates to discovering different perspectives to political debates, AMAs and more, redditors drive more than 140M+ monthly views and 20M+ monthly unique users in top politics communities. As we look ahead to the 2018 midterms, we wanted to recap some of the most engaging discussions, from politicians to journalists, and highlight a few resources too.

Engaged, Political Discussions

Discussion is paramount to the Reddit experience, so it should come as no surprise to find political discourse has picked up, with an increase of 140% in total engagements (comments, votes, submissions, and subscriptions) since the start of 2016.

Below, we’ve highlighted some of the most active political discussions we’ve seen on Reddit since 2016:

Political Resources on Reddit

Discovering different sources and opposing viewpoints are important to political communities and conversation on Reddit. We’re proud to have a variety of content and discussions on our platform but also want to highlight the resources and wealth of information available too.

In fact, Reddit AMA’s aren’t just a great way to get questions answered, but review important information and resources on voting rights and registering in-advance of the midterm election:

For more community insights, stay tuned to our blog.