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Talking about older women/younger men relationships

READ THE FAQ & RULES BEFORE POSTING OR COMMENTING! A safe space to trade experiences, frustrations, worries, analyze cultural reactions, or just chat with fellow cougars and cubs. Working definition: a cougar/cub relationship is one where the woman (cougar) is a woman of 40 who at least 10 years older than the man (cub) or woman (kitten). A woman under 40 is a Puma.

209k subscribers282 posts / mo in Sep 2026228 authors / mosince 2013

r/CougarsAndCubs has 209k members (+16% over the last 12 months). It gets about 282 posts a month from 228 people. Top topics: Nightlife Bars & Clubs, Dating and Meetups and Date Nights and Places.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+16%in 12 months · +3.3% in 3 months · +0.7% in 1 month
Oct 2026208k
Growing208k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+56%vs Sep 2025 · −10% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026282
BusierPeaked at 509 in Oct 2021
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

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Topics and brands on r/CougarsAndCubs

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Nightlife Bars & Clubs0.4%
  2. Dating and Meetups0.3%
  3. Date Nights and Places<0.1%
  4. Work Crushes<0.1%
  5. Personal Relationships & Revelations<0.1%

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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