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r/Health↗

Health, a science-based community to discuss human health

3.6M subscribers725 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~14% by known bots)346 authors / mosince 2008

r/Health has 3.6M members (+0.7% over the last 12 months). It gets about 725 posts a month from 346 people. Top topics: Weight Loss Drugs & GLP-1, Diabetes & Food and Drug Overdose Crisis.

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Size and growth

How r/Health has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+0.7%in 12 months · +0.1% in 3 months · +0.0% in 1 month
Oct 20263.6M
Growing3.6M subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/Health

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−48%vs Sep 2025 · −31% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026725
QuieterPeaked at 2.5k in Feb 2025
Sep 2026: incl. ~14% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/Health

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Weight Loss Drugs & GLP-10.2%
  2. Diabetes & Food0.2%
  3. Drug Overdose Crisis0.2%
  4. Pfizer Controversies0.2%
  5. Food Safety Outbreaks0.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. NPR
  2. CBS News
  3. Yahoo!
  4. TIME
  5. The Independent

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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