Reddit posts and comments with the phrase "brand mentions", 2008 to 2026

Monthly counts of Reddit posts and comments with the exact phrase "brand mentions", April 2008 to September 2026, 14,792 in all, with known bot accounts left out. Includes different accounts per month, the number that also mention AI or backlinks, counts by subreddit for January to September 2025 and 2026, and three related phrases about monitoring brands. Source: KissMyPost analysis of public Reddit posts and comments. This dataset accompanies the KissMyPost study Reddit talk about "brand mentions" grew 4.5 times in a year, and most of it is about AI. The method, charts and the full write-up are on that page. Files: reddit-brand-mentions-monthly-2008-2026.csv: Monthly counts, April 2008 to September 2026. Posts and comments with "brand mentions" by month, different accounts, how many also mention AI or backlinks, and the count per million Reddit posts and comments. reddit-brand-mentions-subreddits.csv: Counts by subreddit. All subreddits with at least 5 mentions: posts and comments and different accounts for January to September 2025 and 2026, all-time count and the month of the first post. Personal profiles left out. reddit-monitoring-phrases-2025-2026.csv: Related phrases, 2025 and 2026. "brand mentions", "social listening", "track mentions" and "find reddit threads": posts and comments and different accounts, January to September 2025 and 2026. Method: Exact, case-insensitive phrase match in post titles, post text and comments; known bot accounts, moderator notices and removed posts and comments excluded. Measured: Reddit posts and comments with the phrase "brand mentions"; Different accounts using the phrase; Posts and comments that also mention AI; Posts and comments per million Reddit posts and comments; Posts and comments by subreddit. All files contain aggregates only, no individual posts or user names.