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Mutual Aid--Must Apply & Be Approved Before Posting

You must apply AND be approved to post a request. Those who post without approval will be permanently banned.

15k subscribers320 posts / mo in Sep 2026284 authors / mosince 2010

r/MutualAid has 15k members (+37% over the last 12 months). It gets about 320 posts a month from 284 people. Top topics: Food Assistance Requests, Homelessness Assistance and Homelessness Assistance.

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Size and growth

How r/MutualAid has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+37%in 12 months · +6.7% in 3 months · +2.6% in 1 month
Oct 202615k
Growing15k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+553%vs Sep 2025 · +46% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026320
BusierPeaked at 718 in Jun 2023
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/MutualAid

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Food Assistance Requests10%
  2. Homelessness Assistance8.5%
  3. Homelessness Assistance3.0%
  4. Homeless and Carless1.1%
  5. Cat Surgery Fundraisers0.8%

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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