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r/Alzheimers↗

/r/alzheimers is a place for people affected by Alzheimer's Disease and dementia to support one another and share news about Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia.

27k subscribers283 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)236 authors / mosince 2009

r/Alzheimers has 27k members (+34% over the last 12 months). It gets about 283 posts a month from 236 people. Top topics: Long Term Care Options, Nurse Safety and Harassment and Support Groups.

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Size and growth

How r/Alzheimers has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+34%in 12 months · +6.2% in 3 months · +1.6% in 1 month
Oct 202627k
Growing27k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−1.0%vs Sep 2025 · −9.2% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026283
QuieterPeaked at 404 in May 2026
Sep 2026: incl. ~1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/Alzheimers

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Long Term Care Options0.5%
  2. Nurse Safety and Harassment0.3%
  3. Support Groups0.2%
  4. Making Adult Friends0.2%
  5. Poetry of Grief<0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Alzheimer’s Association
  2. Substack
  3. Nature
  4. Care
  5. Squarespace

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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