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r/GriefSupport↗

Grief Support: Learning to Live Without.

A place to share stories, ask questions or seek advice. Grief affects every person in a different way every time. Whether you are grieving the dead, a relationship, a job, a pet, a place or an era, or anything at all, you're welcome here, there's no judgement, you dont have to share what you don't want to

183k subscribers2,731 posts / mo in Sep 20262,305 authors / mosince 2010

r/GriefSupport has 183k members (+30% over the last 12 months). It gets about 2,731 posts a month from 2,305 people. Top topics: Pet Grief Support, Cat Loss and Missing Pets & Loved Ones.

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Size and growth

How r/GriefSupport has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+30%in 12 months · +5.9% in 3 months · +1.8% in 1 month
Oct 2026182k
Growing182k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−4.7%vs Sep 2025 · −2.9% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20262.7k
QuieterPeaked at 3.4k in Dec 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/GriefSupport

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Pet Grief Support0.9%
  2. Cat Loss0.8%
  3. Missing Pets & Loved Ones0.3%
  4. Pet Loss0.3%
  5. Goodbye Friends0.3%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Substack
  2. American Psychological Association
  3. Gofund
  4. Unicef
  5. ThriftBooks

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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