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r/Psychonaut↗

A Psychonaut is a person who explores activities by which altered states of consciousness are induced and utilized for spiritual purposes or the exploration of the human condition, including shamanism, sensory deprivation, and both archaic and modern users of entheogenic substances, in order to gain deeper insights into the mind and spirituality.

523k subscribers250 posts / mo in Sep 2026197 authors / mosince 2008

r/Psychonaut has 523k members (+3.2% over the last 12 months). It gets about 250 posts a month from 197 people. Top topics: Consciousness and Existence, Psychedelic Art and Psychedelic Trips.

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Size and growth

How r/Psychonaut has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+3.2%in 12 months · +0.5% in 3 months · +0.1% in 1 month
Oct 2026523k
Growing523k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/Psychonaut

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−57%vs Sep 2025 · −47% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026250
QuieterPeaked at 2.3k in Aug 2022
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/Psychonaut

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Consciousness and Existence0.4%
  2. Psychedelic Art0.3%
  3. Psychedelic Trips0.2%
  4. Psychedelic Rock Trips0.1%
  5. Psychedelics Therapy Trends0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Erowid
  2. PsychonautWiki
  3. firesideproject.org
  4. Nature
  5. TripSit

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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