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r/GastricBypass↗

A place for Gastric Bypass Patients

Subreddit for those who have had, or need more information about gastric bypass surgery to lose weight. Including but not limited to these procedures: Robotic and laparoscopic Roux-en Y gastric bypass (RNY) and robotic and laparoscopic revisional surgery.

24k subscribers317 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)246 authors / mosince 2015

r/GastricBypass has 24k members (+18% over the last 12 months). It gets about 317 posts a month from 246 people. Top topics: Progress Tracking, Weight Loss Journeys and Weight Loss Journey.

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Size and growth

How r/GastricBypass has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+18%in 12 months · +3.7% in 3 months · +0.9% in 1 month
Oct 202624k
Growing24k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/GastricBypass

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−21%vs Sep 2025 · −4.9% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026317
QuieterPeaked at 596 in Dec 2024
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/GastricBypass

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Progress Tracking<0.1%
  2. Weight Loss Journeys<0.1%
  3. Weight Loss Journey<0.1%
  4. Time Lapse Progress<0.1%
  5. Weight Loss Updates<0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. ACS
  2. TikTok
  3. ChatGPT
  4. All Day I Dream About Food
  5. Target Corporation

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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