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r/brokenbones↗

A place for redditors to heal

Posts asking, “Is this broken?”, “Does this look broken?” Will immediately be taken down as a violation of rule 1.

17k subscribers376 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~2% by known bots)296 authors / mosince 2010

r/brokenbones has 17k members (+30% over the last 12 months). It gets about 376 posts a month from 296 people. Top topics: Skate Injuries and Pain Management, Broken Bones and Never Broken Bones.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+30%in 12 months · +4.9% in 3 months · +1.1% in 1 month
Oct 202617k
Growing17k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−30%vs Sep 2025 · +0.5% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026376
QuieterPeaked at 633 in Jan 2025
Sep 2026: incl. ~2% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/brokenbones

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Skate Injuries and Pain Management0.3%
  2. Broken Bones0.1%
  3. Never Broken Bones0.1%
  4. Legs and Feet0.1%
  5. Wrist Pain & Injury0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

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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