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r/FriendsOver50↗

A welcoming and friendly community of people 50s and older. If you feel like you need a break and want to speak to others in our age group, then join our growing Reddit community. Drop in just to say hello, sharing some interesting information or just have a chat. Please read the rules before posting.

17k subscribers345 posts / mo in Sep 2026252 authors / mosince 2018

r/FriendsOver50 has 17k members (+193% over the last 12 months). It gets about 345 posts a month from 252 people. Top topics: LookingForFriends, Make Friends and Age Milestones & Reflections.

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Size and growth

How r/FriendsOver50 has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+193%in 12 months · +40% in 3 months · +7.0% in 1 month
Oct 202617k
Growing17k subscribers
Data since Jan 2019Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+170%vs Sep 2025 · +126% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026345
BusierPeaked at 368 in Aug 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/FriendsOver50

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. LookingForFriends0.9%
  2. Make Friends0.9%
  3. Age Milestones & Reflections0.4%
  4. Bar Crawl and Drinks0.3%
  5. Retirement Planning & Early Retirement0.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Meetup

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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