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Colon Cancer Patients

This is a sub offering support to people who have been DIAGNOSED with colon/rectal/small bowel/ anal cancers and their immediate caregivers. If you are not a diagnosed patient or an immediate caregiver, feel free to search the sub, but DO NOT POST here. Please have patience and realize that the moderation team is made up of people with cancer and who have other things to do. They cannot be here every minute of the day.

15k subscribers198 posts / mo in Sep 2026158 authors / mosince 2016

r/coloncancer has 15k members (+37% over the last 12 months). It gets about 198 posts a month from 158 people. Top topics: Surgery Recovery Stories, CancerKarma and Nursing Jobs.

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Size and growth

How r/coloncancer has grown

r/coloncancer

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+37%in 12 months · +6.1% in 3 months · +1.7% in 1 month
Oct 202615k
Growing15k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/coloncancer

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−29%vs Sep 2025 · −16% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026198
QuieterPeaked at 350 in Apr 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/coloncancer

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Surgery Recovery Stories<0.1%
  2. CancerKarma<0.1%
  3. Nursing Jobs<0.1%
  4. CancerFakesAndSurvivals<0.1%
  5. Cancer Immunotherapy Updates<0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

Can you post

Posting rules for r/coloncancer

Which post types r/coloncancer allows, the karma and account age it asks for, required flair, and every community rule — read from Reddit.

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Timing and removals

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What to post

What works on r/coloncancer

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Who writes here

Who posts on r/coloncancer

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How they talk

What people ask for on r/coloncancer

Requests for recommendations, help and alternatives on r/coloncancer, its signature words and phrases, the brands and sites people link with counts, and the tone of the comments.

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