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r/Regrets↗

Regrets - Where the present looks back on the past

Share any of your regrets. Getting your story out there can help.

37k subscribers1,394 posts / mo in Sep 20261,177 authors / mosince 2011

r/Regrets has 37k members (+853% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,394 posts a month from 1,177 people. Top topics: Biggest Life Regrets, Apologies and Regrets and College Life Reflections.

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Size and growth

How r/Regrets has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+853%in 12 months · +83% in 3 months · +14% in 1 month
Oct 202636k
Growing36k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+7644%vs Sep 2025 · +149% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20261.4k
BusierPeaked at 1.4k in Sep 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/Regrets

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Biggest Life Regrets1.2%
  2. Apologies and Regrets1.0%
  3. College Life Reflections0.6%
  4. Best Friendships0.5%
  5. Apology and Forgiveness0.4%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Spotify
  2. Tenor
  3. CDC
  4. TikTok
  5. Substack

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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