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Compulsive Skin Picking (CSP)

A place for people with Compulsive Skin Picking, their families, friends, and therapists who treat this condition to come together and exchange news about treatments, current events, and personal experiences. All posts are allowed here, including potentially triggering content. For a trigger friendly, text post only version of this community, please visit /r/Dermatillomania.

72k subscribers137 posts / mo in Sep 2026122 authors / mosince 2012

r/CompulsiveSkinPicking has 72k members (+7.1% over the last 12 months). It gets about 137 posts a month from 122 people. Top topics: Scalp Issues, AcneProgressJourney and Skincare Routine.

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Size and growth

How r/CompulsiveSkinPicking has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+7.1%in 12 months · +1.3% in 3 months · +0.3% in 1 month
Oct 202672k
Growing72k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/CompulsiveSkinPicking

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+5.4%vs Sep 2025 · −6.6% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026137
BusierPeaked at 276 in May 2022
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/CompulsiveSkinPicking

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Scalp Issues0.3%
  2. AcneProgressJourney0.2%
  3. Skincare Routine<0.1%
  4. SkincareRoutine<0.1%
  5. Dandruff Solutions<0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Apple
  2. Livsliniens hjemmeside
  3. Qualtrics
  4. etsy
  5. Ulta Beauty

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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