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Breast Cancer Support and Information

r/breastcancer is a support and information group for people who have been diagnosed with breast cancer.

57k subscribers1,550 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)1,011 authors / mosince 2011

r/breastcancer has 57k members (+41% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,550 posts a month from 1,011 people. Top topics: Microblading & Brows, CancerFakesAndSurvivals and Cancer Relationships.

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Size and growth

How r/breastcancer has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+41%in 12 months · +8.3% in 3 months · +1.9% in 1 month
Oct 202656k
Growing56k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/breastcancer

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+1.2%vs Sep 2025 · −4.3% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20261.6k
BusierPeaked at 1.8k in May 2026
Sep 2026: incl. ~1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/breastcancer

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Microblading & Brows<0.1%
  2. CancerFakesAndSurvivals<0.1%
  3. Cancer Relationships<0.1%
  4. Books for Grieving Readers<0.1%
  5. Hair Loss Stress<0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Predict Breast
  2. ScienceDirect
  3. National Cancer Institute (.gov)
  4. etsy
  5. Walmart

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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