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r/NewParents↗

New Parents!

A place to share thoughts, questions, support, and tips about being a new parent to a young child.

555k subscribers3,583 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)2,677 authors / mosince 2011

r/NewParents has 555k members (+29% over the last 12 months). It gets about 3,583 posts a month from 2,677 people. Top topics: Baby Sleep, Parenting Issues and Baby & Birth Stories.

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Size and growth

How r/NewParents has grown

r/NewParents

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+29%in 12 months · +5.3% in 3 months · +1.3% in 1 month
Oct 2026554k
Growing554k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/NewParents

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−31%vs Sep 2025 · −15% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20263.6k
QuieterPeaked at 6.1k in Jan 2025
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/NewParents

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Baby Sleep0.3%
  2. Parenting Issues0.2%
  3. Baby & Birth Stories0.2%
  4. Baby Animals & Pets0.1%
  5. Cat Conflicts0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Target Corporation
  2. Apple
  3. CDC
  4. Babylist
  5. Walmart

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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