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PFAS Discussion - "Forever Chemicals"

A forum for discussion of all things related to PFAS, Per & Poly Fluoro Alkyl Substances, also known as "Forever Chemicals".

12k subscribers30 posts / mo in Sep 202628 authors / mosince 2019

r/PFAS has 12k members. It gets about 30 posts a month from 28 people. Top topics: Water Contamination Issues, Environmental Litigation and Firefighting Careers.

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How r/PFAS has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+32%since May 2026
Oct 202612k
Growing12k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Mar 2019)
Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+20%vs Sep 2025 · +62% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202630
BusierPeaked at 76 in Jul 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/PFAS

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Water Contamination Issues1.9%
  2. Environmental Litigation0.8%
  3. Firefighting Careers0.5%
  4. Tap Water Taste0.5%
  5. Gas Masks & Filters0.3%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. US EPA
  2. ScienceDirect
  3. Nature
  4. CBC
  5. The Hill

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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