r/HealthAnxiety↗
Health Anxiety
Welcome to a place for everyone who identifies with having health anxiety, is an ally of someone with health anxiety, or just wants to learn more about our growing community. We coalesce here to reclaim control of our lives through: education, sharing experiences, sharing management techniques, sharing resources, exposing stigma & norms, and advancing the discussion & awareness around Health Anxiety (a.k.a. Illness Anxiety & Hypochondriasis) in its many forms in our own societal realms.
156k subscribers389 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)290 authors / mosince 2012
r/HealthAnxiety has 156k members (+13% over the last 12 months). It gets about 389 posts a month from 290 people. Top topics: Mental Health & Self Improvement, CancerKarma and Gym Anxiety.
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Mental Health & Self Improvement0.2%
- CancerKarma<0.1%
- Gym Anxiety<0.1%
- PoetryAndMentalHealth<0.1%
- Favorite Quotes<0.1%
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- Apple
- Calm
- Healthline
- Qualtrics
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