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Happy Reddit to make you happy

Too many depressing things on the main page, so post about what makes you warm and fuzzy inside!

742k subscribers394 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)305 authors / mosince 2008

r/happy has 742k members (+2.0% over the last 12 months). It gets about 394 posts a month from 305 people. Top topics: Graduation Celebration, Accepted Into College and Job Offers & Success Stories.

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Size and growth

How r/happy has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+2.0%in 12 months · +0.4% in 3 months · +0.1% in 1 month
Oct 2026741k
Growing741k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/happy

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−18%vs Sep 2025 · −14% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026394
QuieterPeaked at 1.4k in Jun 2023
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/happy

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Graduation Celebration0.4%
  2. Accepted Into College0.4%
  3. Job Offers & Success Stories0.4%
  4. Best Friends Weddings0.2%
  5. Happiness Key0.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Apple
  2. Spotify
  3. TikTok
  4. Tenor
  5. etsy

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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