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Adults on the Autistic Spectrum

For adults who are on the autistic spectrum, or think they might be on the autistic spectrum, regardless of diagnostic status. This is a relaxed, rules-light community, preferring discussion rather than memes and media. If you are here to promote a product, seek an audience or ask for help in dealing with an autistic person, please read our community guide carefully before posting.

143k subscribers1,273 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)1,038 authors / mosince 2013

r/AutisticAdults has 143k members (+37% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,273 posts a month from 1,038 people. Top topics: Autism at Work, Autism in Employment and Introvert Challenges at Work.

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Size and growth

How r/AutisticAdults has grown

r/AutisticAdults

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+37%in 12 months · +6.0% in 3 months · +1.3% in 1 month
Oct 2026142k
Growing142k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/AutisticAdults

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−4.3%vs Sep 2025 · −7.7% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20261.3k
QuieterPeaked at 1.5k 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/AutisticAdults

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Autism at Work0.3%
  2. Autism in Employment0.3%
  3. Introvert Challenges at Work0.2%
  4. Burnout Survival0.2%
  5. HateMyJob0.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Neurodivergent Insights
  2. Embrace Autism
  3. NeuroClastic
  4. Substack
  5. Spotify

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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