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A community for people who are depressed or suffer from depression. If you're depressed, feeling hopeless, or if someone you know suffers from depression, feel free to share your feelings, your situation, and what's on your mind.

100k subscribers283 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)226 authors / mosince 2009

r/depressed has 100k members (+6.9% over the last 12 months). It gets about 283 posts a month from 226 people. Top topics: Pain and Poetry, PoetryAndMentalHealth and HateMyJob.

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Size and growth

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+6.9%in 12 months · +1.4% in 3 months · +0.3% in 1 month
Oct 2026100k
Growing100k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+30%vs Sep 2025 · +1.1% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026283
BusierPeaked at 896 in Oct 2021
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/depressed

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Pain and Poetry0.4%
  2. PoetryAndMentalHealth0.3%
  3. HateMyJob0.2%
  4. Career Struggles0.2%
  5. Job Hunting Struggles0.2%

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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