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r/IncelTears↗

IncelTears is a community dedicated to documenting and discussing the hateful, misogynistic, racist, violent, and often absurd ideas found in incel spaces. Posts often feature screenshots or examples of incel rhetoric for awareness and ridicule. This subreddit does not support mocking people for being virgins or struggling with relationships—our focus is on the toxic ideology, not personal circumstances. Meta posts, analysis, and discussion about incel culture and its social impact are welcome.

358k subscribers420 posts / mo in Sep 2026216 authors / mosince 2017

r/IncelTears has 358k members (+6.5% over the last 12 months). It gets about 420 posts a month from 216 people. Top topics: Incel Cringe, Incel Cringe and Incel Cringe.

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Size and growth

How r/IncelTears has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+6.5%in 12 months · +1.1% in 3 months · +0.3% in 1 month
Oct 2026357k
Growing357k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−36%vs Sep 2025 · −16% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026420
QuieterPeaked at 964 in Jul 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/IncelTears

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Incel Cringe2.5%
  2. Incel Cringe2.1%
  3. Incel Cringe1.7%
  4. Incel Community1.4%
  5. Incel Cringe1.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. ScienceDirect
  2. Springer
  3. American Psychological Association
  4. FBI Human Resources Branch
  5. Tenor

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Posting rules and account requirements, how often posts get removed, who writes here (age, gender, countries), what people ask for, how they talk, and related subreddits — all in the full report.

Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research