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r/FoodAddiction↗

A place we can support one another in recovery from Food Addiction and/or Binge Eating Disorder.

You will find a supportive community to share with us your experience, challenges, success as well as get your questions answered with us. You have access to our Comprehensive FAQs, Books/Podcasts/Videos, Program Options List and Special topics via the links further below. You can gain control and feel better faster if you use the resources.

24k subscribers165 posts / mo in Sep 2026153 authors / mosince 2012

r/FoodAddiction has 24k members (+16% over the last 12 months). It gets about 165 posts a month from 153 people. Top topics: Eating Disorders Recovery, BingeEating and Low Cal Snacks.

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Size and growth

How r/FoodAddiction has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+16%in 12 months · +3.1% in 3 months · +0.7% in 1 month
Oct 202624k
Growing24k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+104%vs Sep 2025 · +80% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026165
BusierPeaked at 165 in Sep 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/FoodAddiction

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Eating Disorders Recovery0.4%
  2. BingeEating0.3%
  3. Low Cal Snacks0.2%
  4. Weight Gain Struggles0.1%
  5. Cooking Basics & Recipes0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Frontiers Media S.A
  2. Springer
  3. The BMJ
  4. Qualtrics
  5. The Gottman Institute

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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