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Anxiety Disorders

Discussion and support for sufferers and loved ones with anxiety conditions. Please look over the rules before posting to the subreddit.

903k subscribers5,259 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)4,186 authors / mosince 2008

r/Anxiety has 903k members (+13% over the last 12 months). It gets about 5,259 posts a month from 4,186 people. Top topics: Work Anxiety, College Anxiety and Job Transitions Anxiety.

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Size and growth

How r/Anxiety has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+13%in 12 months · +2.5% in 3 months · +0.6% in 1 month
Oct 2026902k
Growing902k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/Anxiety

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−28%vs Sep 2025 · −4.3% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20265.3k
QuieterPeaked at 10k in Aug 2024
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/Anxiety

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Work Anxiety0.4%
  2. College Anxiety0.3%
  3. Job Transitions Anxiety0.2%
  4. Public Speaking Anxiety0.2%
  5. Job Anxiety0.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Medium
  2. Mediasmarts
  3. Apple
  4. etsy
  5. ScienceDirect

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