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Ghosting

Ghosting is breaking off a relationship by ceasing all communication & contact with a partner without any warning or justification and ignoring the partner's attempts to reach out and communicate. I invite anyone who is currently going through this to join together here for venting, support, healing, and advice.

30k subscribers1,278 posts / mo in Sep 20261,061 authors / mosince 2012

r/ghosting has 30k members (+54% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,278 posts a month from 1,061 people. Top topics: Heartbreak Stories, Best Friendships and Ex Relationships and Emotions.

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Size and growth

How r/ghosting has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+54%in 12 months · +12% in 3 months · +3.0% in 1 month
Oct 202630k
Growing30k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+125%vs Sep 2025 · +66% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20261.3k
BusierPeaked at 1.3k in Sep 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/ghosting

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Heartbreak Stories0.2%
  2. Best Friendships0.2%
  3. Ex Relationships and Emotions<0.1%
  4. Interview Ghosting Issues<0.1%
  5. Goodbye Letters and Letting Go<0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. TikTok
  2. FreeToAttach
  3. Spotify
  4. Medium
  5. ScienceDirect

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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