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r/absentgrandparents↗

A safe space and support group for families with absent grandparents. Please share your stories, your questions, your histories, your fears and your triumphs. Everyone is welcome except for absent grandparents or their apologizers.

12k subscribers57 posts / mo in Sep 202652 authors / mosince 2022

r/absentgrandparents has 12k members (+29% over the last 12 months). It gets about 57 posts a month from 52 people. Top topics: Dog Family Issues, Birthday Parties & Friendships and Parent-Teacher Interactions.

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r/absentgrandparents

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+29%in 12 months · +9.0% in 3 months · +1.9% in 1 month
Oct 202612k
Growing12k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Aug 2022)
Live · through Oct 2026
r/absentgrandparents

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+119%vs Sep 2025 · +24% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202657
BusierPeaked at 66 in Aug 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/absentgrandparents

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Dog Family Issues0.3%
  2. Birthday Parties & Friendships0.2%
  3. Parent-Teacher Interactions0.1%
  4. CPS Controversies0.1%
  5. Haunted Family Stories0.1%

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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