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healthcare: systems, costs, problems and proposed solutions.

Healthcare: systems, costs, problems and proposed solutions.

112k subscribers928 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~5% by known bots)678 authors / mosince 2008

r/healthcare has 112k members (+13% over the last 12 months). It gets about 928 posts a month from 678 people. Top topics: Hospital Expansion and Crisis, Healthcare Policy and Nursing Challenges.

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Size and growth

How r/healthcare has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+13%in 12 months · +2.1% in 3 months · +0.5% in 1 month
Oct 2026112k
Growing112k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−6.8%vs Sep 2025 · −19% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026928
QuieterPeaked at 1.6k in Jul 2022
Sep 2026: incl. ~5% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/healthcare

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Hospital Expansion and Crisis0.6%
  2. Healthcare Policy0.5%
  3. Nursing Challenges0.5%
  4. Nursing Challenges0.3%
  5. CNA Jobs & Nursing0.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Bloomberg L.P.
  2. CMS
  3. CBS News
  4. WTEN
  5. Substack

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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

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