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Learning To Cope from Break-Ups

This is a subreddit for people who've been through a breakup. You're in good company. Talk to us!

53k subscribers273 posts / mo in Sep 2026240 authors / mosince 2009

r/BreakUp has 53k members (+12% over the last 12 months). It gets about 273 posts a month from 240 people. Top topics: Heartbreak Stories, Missing You and Ex Breakups.

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Size and growth

How r/BreakUp has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+12%in 12 months · +3.2% in 3 months · +0.7% in 1 month
Oct 202653k
Growing53k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

273posts · −8.4% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026273
BusierPeaked at 1.9k in Jun 2023
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

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Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Heartbreak Stories0.6%
  2. Missing You0.5%
  3. Ex Breakups0.4%
  4. Pain and Poetry0.2%
  5. Goodbye Letters and Letting Go0.2%

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