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r/asksciencefiction

› **It's like Ask Science, but all questions and answers are written with answers gleaned from the universe itself.** Use in-universe knowledge, rules, and common sense to answer the questions. Or as **fanlore.org** calls it [Watsonian, not a Doylist point of view](http://fanlore.org/wiki/Watsonian_vs._Doylist)

// MEMBERS
894,675
› subscribers
// POSTS_INDEXED
2,035
› analyzed records
// COMMUNITY_AGE
15y
› since 2011-07-01
// STATUS
[ok] active
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// Recent posts in r/asksciencefiction

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  1. 01 [Cyberpunk 2077] Why did movies and theatres die after BD's but not video games? ↑ 14 · 2026-11-06
  2. 02 [The Backrooms] What keeps the lights on? ↑ 6 · 2026-11-06
  3. 03 [Lord of the Rings] Is the Lord of the Rings a biased account of what happened? ↑ 5 · 2026-11-06
  4. 04 [Baki and Kengan] Are the characters so skilled and genetically gifted, to the point that skill and weight gaps matter less? ↑ 3 · 2026-11-06
  5. 05 [Bioshock] how do the big daddy’s lights change color? ↑ 3 · 2026-11-07
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// FAQ [ 3 entries ]
01 › What is r/asksciencefiction about? [ expand ↓ ]
r/asksciencefiction is a Reddit community with 894,675 members. **It's like Ask Science, but all questions and answers are written with answers gleaned from the universe itself.** Use in-universe knowledge, rules, and common sense to answer the questions. Or as **fanlore.org** calls it [Watsonian, not a Doylist point of view](http://fanlore.org/wiki/Watsonian_vs._Doylist)
02 › How active is r/asksciencefiction? [ expand ↓ ]
r/asksciencefiction has 894,675 subscribers and 2,035 posts in our index. It was created on 2011-07-01, 15 years ago.
03 › Which subreddits are similar to r/asksciencefiction? [ expand ↓ ]
Other TV, Movies & Books communities of a similar size include r/markiplier (928,907 members), r/fullmetalalchemist (923,281 members), r/marvelstudiosspoilers (917,899 members), r/successiontv (909,831 members). Each is listed with its own subscriber and post counts in the related communities section above.