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IBD: Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease

We're a support community for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) patients with Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis, and their loved ones. We're not a substitute for your gasteroenterologist doctor and cannot treat or diagnose you, but we can offer encouragement and discuss our personal IBD experiences.

31k subscribers278 posts / mo in Sep 2026240 authors / mosince 2010

r/IBD has 31k members (+13% over the last 12 months). It gets about 278 posts a month from 240 people. Top topics: Dog Health Issues, Paid Research Studies and Toilet Paper Adventures.

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Size and growth

How r/IBD has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+13%in 12 months · +2.5% in 3 months · +0.6% in 1 month
Oct 202631k
Growing31k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+6.1%vs Sep 2025 · +35% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026278
BusierPeaked at 371 in Aug 2023
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/IBD

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Dog Health Issues0.3%
  2. Paid Research Studies0.1%
  3. Toilet Paper Adventures<0.1%
  4. Disabilities in Higher Education<0.1%
  5. Gut Microbiome Health<0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

Can you post

Posting rules for r/IBD

Which post types r/IBD allows, the karma and account age it asks for, required flair, and every community rule — read from Reddit.

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Timing and removals

How often posts get removed on r/IBD

The best day and hour for r/IBD, how many posts moderators remove and which kinds, the shape of its year, and weekdays against weekends.

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What to post

What works on r/IBD

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Who writes here

Who posts on r/IBD

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How they talk

What people ask for on r/IBD

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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