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Eating Disorders Anonymous

A public subreddit for discussing the struggles of having an eating disorder. We offer emotional support and harm reduction but no encouragement or furthering ED behaviours. This subreddit is not officially associated with the 12 Step support group Eating Disorders Anonymous. We are not exclusive to or trying to “force” recovery on anyone.

181k subscribers1,491 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)973 authors / mosince 2018

r/EDAnonymous has 181k members (+18% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,491 posts a month from 973 people. Top topics: Eating Disorders Recovery, BingeEating and Eating Disorders Recovery.

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Size and growth

How r/EDAnonymous has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+18%in 12 months · +3.5% in 3 months · +0.8% in 1 month
Oct 2026180k
Growing180k subscribers
Data since Jan 2019Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−28%vs Sep 2025 · −5.1% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20261.5k
QuieterPeaked at 4.2k in Nov 2022
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/EDAnonymous

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Eating Disorders Recovery0.7%
  2. BingeEating0.7%
  3. Eating Disorders Recovery0.3%
  4. DietSodasAndZeros0.2%
  5. Eating Disorders Community0.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Spotify
  2. Substack
  3. Qualtrics
  4. ScienceDirect

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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