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r/cna↗

A Community for Nursing Assistants and Technicians

At r/CNA we share stories of caring for patients/residents and advice on how to best accomplish our mission of providing the best possible care for those in our charge. Come join us! For those who are visiting and unfamiliar, CNAs are Certified Nursing Assistants that provide direct, personal care - such as feeding, bathing, changing, and ambulating those who need assistance. CNAs are mainly based in hospitals, nursing homes, and home care settings, with many more options.

77k subscribers413 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)304 authors / mosince 2011

r/cna has 77k members (+20% over the last 12 months). It gets about 413 posts a month from 304 people. Top topics: CNA Jobs & Nursing, Nursing Challenges and Nurse Safety and Harassment.

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Size and growth

How r/cna has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+20%in 12 months · +3.8% in 3 months · +0.9% in 1 month
Oct 202677k
Growing77k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−11%vs Sep 2025 · −10% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026413
QuieterPeaked at 876 in May 2024
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/cna

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. CNA Jobs & Nursing29%
  2. Nursing Challenges5.2%
  3. Nurse Safety and Harassment4.2%
  4. NursingAccepted2.7%
  5. End-of-Life Care1.6%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Care
  2. Wolfram
  3. Id
  4. Indeed
  5. DOL

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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