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r/AvPD↗

For People with Avoidant Personality Disorder.

Place for people to discuss Avoidant Personality Disorder. Discussion can be about personal stories, treatment ideas, support for yourself or others, and ideas with how to deal with your own problems dealing with AvPD. You do not have to be diagnosed to be welcome here, but you do need to be respectful, no gatekeeping.

62k subscribers375 posts / mo in Sep 2026281 authors / mosince 2012

r/AvPD has 62k members (+15% over the last 12 months). It gets about 375 posts a month from 281 people. Top topics: Introvert Challenges at Work, Job Interviews and Job Transitions Anxiety.

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How r/AvPD has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+15%in 12 months · +2.8% in 3 months · +0.8% in 1 month
Oct 202662k
Growing62k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−0.5%vs Sep 2025 · +11% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026375
QuieterPeaked at 710 in Nov 2022
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/AvPD

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Introvert Challenges at Work0.2%
  2. Job Interviews0.2%
  3. Job Transitions Anxiety0.1%
  4. HateMyJob0.1%
  5. College Anxiety0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. PositivePsychology
  2. Merck Manuals
  3. Simple Page
  4. Simple Page
  5. Calm

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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