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r/Sober↗

Getting sober and sober living!

95k subscribers158 posts / mo in Sep 2026142 authors / mosince 2010

r/Sober has 95k members (+7.0% over the last 12 months). It gets about 158 posts a month from 142 people. Top topics: AA Meetings & Groups, Bartender Tales and Making Friends at Uni.

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Size and growth

How r/Sober has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+7.0%in 12 months · +1.0% in 3 months · +0.2% in 1 month
Oct 202695k
Growing95k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−56%vs Sep 2025 · −29% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026158
QuieterPeaked at 752 in Jan 2023
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/Sober

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. AA Meetings & Groups0.1%
  2. Bartender Tales<0.1%
  3. Making Friends at Uni<0.1%
  4. DrinkingThreads<0.1%
  5. Drunk Moments<0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Apple
  2. Qualtrics
  3. Spotify
  4. GoFundMe
  5. Gofund

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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