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r/BPDlovedones↗

Support for nonBPDs to make sense of their abusive relationship with someone who has BPD

"r/ BPD Loved Ones" is a support forum and safe space for people to discuss the challenges and abuse they have endured at the hands of an abusive person with borderline personality disorder (BPD).

151k subscribers1,970 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~2% by known bots)1,235 authors / mosince 2014

r/BPDlovedones has 151k members (+28% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,970 posts a month from 1,235 people. Top topics: BPD Discussions, Ex Breakups and Heartbreak Stories.

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Size and growth

How r/BPDlovedones has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+28%in 12 months · +5.3% in 3 months · +1.3% in 1 month
Oct 2026151k
Growing151k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/BPDlovedones

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−12%vs Sep 2025 · +3.5% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20262k
QuieterPeaked at 3.3k in Mar 2023
Sep 2026: incl. ~2% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/BPDlovedones

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. BPD Discussions0.2%
  2. Ex Breakups0.1%
  3. Heartbreak Stories0.1%
  4. Goodbye Letters and Letting Go<0.1%
  5. Pain and Poetry<0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Simple Page
  2. Spotify
  3. Medium
  4. Substack
  5. Psych Central

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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