R/place
Online social experiment on Reddit
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2026-01-27Peak: 212026-02-25
30-day total: 329
Key Takeaways
- r/place was a recurring collaborative project and social experiment hosted on the content aggregator site Reddit.
r/place was a recurring collaborative project and social experiment hosted on the content aggregator site Reddit. Originally launched on April Fools' Day 2017, it has since been repeated again on April Fools' Day 2022 and on July 20, 2023.
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