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Distressingmemes is for memes you might find distressing, disturbing, haunting, unsettling, or otherwise off-putting, without being overtly shocking or direct.

327k subscribers163 posts / mo in Sep 2026125 authors / mosince 2021

r/distressingmemes has 327k members (+3.7% over the last 12 months). It gets about 163 posts a month from 125 people. Top topics: Coping Mechanisms, MemeSubs and Stuck Areas Help.

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Size and growth

How r/distressingmemes has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+3.7%in 12 months · +1.0% in 3 months · +0.2% in 1 month
Oct 2026326k
Growing326k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Nov 2021)
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−19%vs Sep 2025 · +1.0% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026163
QuieterPeaked at 1.7k in Aug 2022
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/distressingmemes

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Coping Mechanisms0.8%
  2. MemeSubs0.2%
  3. Stuck Areas Help0.2%
  4. Escape Attempts0.2%
  5. Cat Fights & Feuds0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Ko-fi
  2. TikTok
  3. IMDb
  4. Wolfram

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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