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Sheep no more

This subreddit is for any and all ex-Catholics to talk, educate, discuss and maybe even bitch about their experiences within the Catholic Church. No matter what your belief now, or if you have no belief at all. Note: This subreddit is a support forum and not a debate group and will be moderated accordingly. Please refrain from proselytizing to members of this community. Catholic apologists will be perma banned without warning. Please post in r/excatholicDebate for further discussion

46k subscribers121 posts / mo in Sep 202698 authors / mosince 2011

r/excatholic has 46k members (+11% over the last 12 months). It gets about 121 posts a month from 98 people. Top topics: Catholic Abuse Cases, Religious Campus Life and Church Demolitions and Repurposing.

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Size and growth

How r/excatholic has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+11%in 12 months · +2.2% in 3 months · +0.6% in 1 month
Oct 202646k
Growing46k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−13%vs Sep 2025 · −0.4% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026121
QuieterPeaked at 400 in Mar 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/excatholic

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Catholic Abuse Cases0.3%
  2. Religious Campus Life<0.1%
  3. Church Demolitions and Repurposing<0.1%
  4. Christianity<0.1%
  5. Vatican City Sites<0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Substack
  2. Friendly Atheist
  3. Notes From Poland
  4. Recovering from Religion
  5. National Catholic Reporter

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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