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r/Diary↗

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A public diary of your most private thoughts

44k subscribers912 posts / mo in Sep 2026447 authors / mosince 2009

r/Diary has 44k members (+175% over the last 12 months). It gets about 912 posts a month from 447 people. Top topics: Missing You, Love and Affection and Love Unspoken.

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Size and growth

How r/Diary has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+175%in 12 months · +4.3% in 3 months · +1.0% in 1 month
Oct 202644k
Growing44k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+59%vs Sep 2025 · +10% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026912
BusierPeaked at 8.2k in Nov 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/Diary

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Missing You1.6%
  2. Love and Affection1.3%
  3. Love Unspoken0.9%
  4. Heartbreak Stories0.9%
  5. Wishful Regrets0.9%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Gofund
  2. Apple
  3. Substack
  4. Chess

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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