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r/CBT↗

A Subreddit for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

CBT (Cognitive behavioral therapy): often short term form of psychotherapy originally designed to treat depression, but is now used for a variety of mental health problems.

41k subscribers68 posts / mo in Sep 202657 authors / mosince 2011

r/CBT has 41k members (+16% over the last 12 months). It gets about 68 posts a month from 57 people. Top topics: Public Speaking Anxiety Tips, Comfort Reads & Mental Health and Client Therapy Issues.

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Size and growth

How r/CBT has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+16%in 12 months · +3.3% in 3 months · +0.9% in 1 month
Oct 202641k
Growing41k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/CBT

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+48%vs Sep 2025 · +40% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202668
BusierPeaked at 90 in Nov 2021
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/CBT

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Public Speaking Anxiety Tips0.2%
  2. Comfort Reads & Mental Health0.2%
  3. Client Therapy Issues0.2%
  4. Therapist Practice0.2%
  5. Mood Tracking Apps0.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Apple
  2. American Psychological Association
  3. Therapist Aid
  4. Jisc
  5. Qualtrics

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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