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r/PurplePillDebate↗

Question what you believe

PurplePillDebate is a neutral community to discuss sex and gender issues, specifically those pertaining to r/TheBluePill and r/TheRedPill.

158k subscribers753 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~3% by known bots)398 authors / mosince 2013

r/PurplePillDebate has 158k members (+11% over the last 12 months). It gets about 753 posts a month from 398 people. Top topics: Height Matters, Money and Relationships and Dating and Money.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+11%in 12 months · +2.6% in 3 months · +0.7% in 1 month
Oct 2026158k
Growing158k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−10%vs Sep 2025 · −13% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026753
QuieterPeaked at 1.7k in Jan 2022
Sep 2026: incl. ~3% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/PurplePillDebate

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Height Matters0.3%
  2. Money and Relationships0.3%
  3. Dating and Money0.2%
  4. Sexuality Studies0.1%
  5. Chads0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. ScienceDirect
  2. ResearchGate
  3. TikTok
  4. CDC
  5. ChatGPT

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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