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r/gymsnark↗

The laypeople's audit of the unregulated parts of the fitness community. Not associated formally or informally with r/blogsnark - great sub, but they aren't responsible for us.

135k subscribers272 posts / mo in Sep 2026218 authors / mosince 2020

r/gymsnark has 135k members (+15% over the last 12 months). It gets about 272 posts a month from 218 people. Top topics: Fitness & Pilates, Influencer Scams & Experiences and Eating Disorders Recovery.

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Size and growth

How r/gymsnark has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+15%in 12 months · +2.5% in 3 months · +0.5% in 1 month
Oct 2026135k
Growing135k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Dec 2020)
Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−17%vs Sep 2025 · −5.0% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026272
QuieterPeaked at 1.7k in Mar 2022
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/gymsnark

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Fitness & Pilates4.5%
  2. Influencer Scams & Experiences2.2%
  3. Eating Disorders Recovery2.1%
  4. Fitness Influencers1.9%
  5. Photoshop Editing Critiques1.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. TikTok
  2. Ladder
  3. ChatGPT
  4. Wiley
  5. Gymshark

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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