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Living with Dysthymia

Subreddit dedicated to living with persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia).

16k subscribers213 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)173 authors / mosince 2011

r/dysthymia has 16k members (+21% over the last 12 months). It gets about 213 posts a month from 173 people. Top topics: Depression in College Students, PoetryAndMentalHealth and Motivation Issues.

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Size and growth

How r/dysthymia has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+21%in 12 months · +4.6% in 3 months · +1.2% in 1 month
Oct 202616k
Growing16k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+353%vs Sep 2025 · +135% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026213
BusierPeaked at 217 in Aug 2026
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/dysthymia

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Depression in College Students0.3%
  2. PoetryAndMentalHealth0.3%
  3. Motivation Issues0.2%
  4. Work Anxiety0.2%
  5. Pain and Poetry0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Qualtrics
  2. Spotify

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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