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r/TwoSentenceSadness↗

Sad stories in just two sentences.

Tell us a sad story in two sentences (or less).

165k subscribers391 posts / mo in Sep 2026133 authors / mosince 2018

r/TwoSentenceSadness has 165k members (+3.8% over the last 12 months). It gets about 391 posts a month from 133 people. Top topics: Hostage Situations, Baby Loss and Survival Stories and Heartbreak Stories.

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Size and growth

How r/TwoSentenceSadness has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+3.8%in 12 months · +0.7% in 3 months · +0.2% in 1 month
Oct 2026165k
Growing165k subscribers
Data since Jun 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/TwoSentenceSadness

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−33%vs Sep 2025 · +18% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026391
QuieterPeaked at 1.3k in Aug 2023
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/TwoSentenceSadness

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Hostage Situations0.6%
  2. Baby Loss and Survival Stories0.6%
  3. Heartbreak Stories0.6%
  4. Monsters Under the Bed0.4%
  5. Death and Bereavement0.4%

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Posting rules and account requirements, how often posts get removed, who writes here (age, gender, countries), what people ask for, how they talk, and related subreddits — all in the full report.

Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research