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Break-Ups

"Pain makes you stronger, fear makes you braver, heartbreak makes you wiser" - A global peer-support community for navigating relationship loss.

599k subscribers12,813 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)9,254 authors / mosince 2009

r/BreakUps has 599k members (+39% over the last 12 months). It gets about 12,813 posts a month from 9,254 people. Top topics: Heartbreak Stories, Missing You and Missing You.

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Size and growth

How r/BreakUps has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+39%in 12 months · +6.0% in 3 months · +1.5% in 1 month
Oct 2026598k
Growing598k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−4.4%vs Sep 2025 · +0.4% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202613k
QuieterPeaked at 17k in Jan 2025
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/BreakUps

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Heartbreak Stories0.9%
  2. Missing You0.6%
  3. Missing You0.4%
  4. Ex Relationships and Emotions0.4%
  5. Goodbye Letters and Letting Go0.4%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Apple
  2. Spotify
  3. Medium
  4. TikTok
  5. Substack

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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