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Am I Overreacting

THE ORIGINAL! A subreddit to help figure out if you overreacted to something, or if you were justified.

4.6M subscribers5,918 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)5,149 authors / mosince 2021

r/AmIOverreacting has 4.6M members (+17% over the last 12 months). It gets about 5,918 posts a month from 5,149 people. Top topics: Relationship Issues, Relationship Issues and Best Friendships.

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How r/AmIOverreacting has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+17%in 12 months · +1.9% in 3 months · +0.3% in 1 month
Oct 20264.6M
Growing4.6M subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Aug 2021)
Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−60%vs Sep 2025 · −5.3% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20265.9k
QuieterPeaked at 19k in Mar 2025
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/AmIOverreacting

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Relationship Issues3.1%
  2. Relationship Issues1.7%
  3. Best Friendships1.2%
  4. Phone Snoops & Cheating Suspicions1.0%
  5. Relationship Issues & Nudes0.4%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Child Helpline International
  2. Befrienders Worldwide Support
  3. Protecting lives in conflict
  4. Wolfram
  5. love is respect

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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