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r/Crushes↗

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r/Crushes is a safe place for people to talk about their crushes and ask for advice. LGBTQ+ are welcome :) We also have a Discord server.

137k subscribers2,815 posts / mo in Sep 20262,167 authors / mosince 2012

r/Crushes has 137k members (+19% over the last 12 months). It gets about 2,815 posts a month from 2,167 people. Top topics: Crushes, Romantic and Friendship Mishaps and Flirting Signs.

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Size and growth

How r/Crushes has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+19%in 12 months · +3.2% in 3 months · +0.9% in 1 month
Oct 2026136k
Growing136k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−27%vs Sep 2025 · −24% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20262.8k
QuieterPeaked at 5.8k in Mar 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/Crushes

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Crushes0.6%
  2. Romantic and Friendship Mishaps0.2%
  3. Flirting Signs0.2%
  4. Love and Affection0.2%
  5. Work Crushes0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

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

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Everything else about r/Crushes

Posting rules and account requirements, how often posts get removed, who writes here (age, gender, countries), what people ask for, how they talk, and related subreddits — all in the full report.

Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research