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Getting Your Identity Back!

A page for people with knowledge of and experience in handling the issue(s) once identity theft is discovered to help others.

43k subscribers343 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)293 authors / mosince 2015

r/IdentityTheft has 43k members (+62% over the last 12 months). It gets about 343 posts a month from 293 people. Top topics: Job Scams, Tech Privacy Issues and Scam Texts & Alerts.

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Size and growth

How r/IdentityTheft has grown

r/IdentityTheft

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+62%in 12 months · +11% in 3 months · +2.3% in 1 month
Oct 202643k
Growing43k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/IdentityTheft

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+107%vs Sep 2025 · +40% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026343
BusierPeaked at 343 in Sep 2026
Sep 2026: incl. ~1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/IdentityTheft

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Job Scams0.8%
  2. Tech Privacy Issues0.7%
  3. Scam Texts & Alerts0.6%
  4. FAFSA & Financial Aid0.5%
  5. Phone Scammers0.3%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Annual Credit Report
  2. Id
  3. Experian
  4. Equifax
  5. TransUnion

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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