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r/Adoption↗

all things adoption-related

For adoptive families, birth families, adoptees, current and former foster youth, and other interested individuals to share stories, support each other, and discuss adoption-related news.

87k subscribers310 posts / mo in Sep 2026269 authors / mosince 2009

r/Adoption has 87k members (+12% over the last 12 months). It gets about 310 posts a month from 269 people. Top topics: Adoption Stories, AdoptedPets and Single Parent Challenges.

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Size and growth

How r/Adoption has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+12%in 12 months · +2.5% in 3 months · +0.7% in 1 month
Oct 202687k
Growing87k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−11%vs Sep 2025 · +0.6% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026310
QuieterPeaked at 459 in Jul 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/Adoption

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Adoption Stories0.3%
  2. AdoptedPets0.3%
  3. Single Parent Challenges<0.1%
  4. Crypto Adoption<0.1%
  5. InfertilityJourney<0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Ancestry
  2. Eventbrite
  3. Substack
  4. ScienceDirect
  5. Gofund

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Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research