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Markdown notes for Mac, iPad, iPhone, and Apple Watch

This is the official subreddit for Bear, an app for Markdown notes and beautiful writing on Mac, iPad, iPhone, and Apple Watch. Here we can discuss tips, workflows, news, and how-tos. Many questions and support issues have already been answered in our FAQs: https://bear.app/faq/

25k subscribers23 posts / mo in Sep 202620 authors / mosince 2016

r/bearapp has 25k members (+10% over the last 12 months). It gets about 23 posts a month from 20 people. Top topics: Bear Notes App, Notes Features & Tags and iPad Note-Taking Apps.

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Size and growth

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+10%in 12 months · +1.6% in 3 months · +0.3% in 1 month
Oct 202625k
Growing25k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−58%vs Sep 2025 · −30% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202623
QuieterPeaked at 368 in Jul 2023
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/bearapp

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Bear Notes App45%
  2. Notes Features & Tags16%
  3. iPad Note-Taking Apps1.5%
  4. Evernote Apps & Notes1.4%
  5. Obsidian Notes Plugin Usage1.1%

Brands people mention

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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