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Adults Caring for Aging Parents

We are a community of adult children dealing with our aging parents. Venting is allowed but discussions about why you don't want to care for a parent, other family dynamics, and app/product recommendations are off-topic here.

89k subscribers802 posts / mo in Sep 2026716 authors / mosince 2014

r/AgingParents has 89k members (+54% over the last 12 months). It gets about 802 posts a month from 716 people. Top topics: Long Term Care Options, Health Features and Cat Loss and Terminal Illness.

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Size and growth

How r/AgingParents has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+54%in 12 months · +13% in 3 months · +5.7% in 1 month
Oct 202689k
Growing89k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/AgingParents

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+16%vs Sep 2025 · −4.2% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026802
BusierPeaked at 947 in May 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/AgingParents

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Long Term Care Options2.1%
  2. Health Features0.2%
  3. Cat Loss and Terminal Illness0.1%
  4. Nurse Safety and Harassment0.1%
  5. Support Groups0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Care
  2. Medicare
  3. Apple
  4. Caring
  5. AARP

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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