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r/homeless↗

/r/Homeless! A "home" for the homeless.

This group is for advice and to share experiences and stories of homelessness. We are a tight knit community made up of formerly homeless and currently homeless as well as others. NO soft begging will be tolerated here. No cash donations , No freemoney, No begging . Someone can normally answer your questions or concerns quickly and with experience. If you are currently homeless and need help or facing homelessness and have questions you found the right sub and welcome.

91k subscribers485 posts / mo in Sep 2026403 authors / mosince 2009

r/homeless has 91k members (+17% over the last 12 months). It gets about 485 posts a month from 403 people. Top topics: Homelessness Assistance, Homelessness Advice and Homelessness.

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Size and growth

How r/homeless has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+17%in 12 months · +3.2% in 3 months · +0.8% in 1 month
Oct 202691k
Growing91k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−17%vs Sep 2025 · −8.9% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026485
QuieterPeaked at 1k in Nov 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/homeless

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Homelessness Assistance8.1%
  2. Homelessness Advice2.4%
  3. Homelessness1.8%
  4. Homeless and Carless1.8%
  5. Homelessness Stories1.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. AttaPoll
  2. Substack
  3. TikTok
  4. Walmart
  5. United States Postal Service

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Everything else about r/homeless

Posting rules and account requirements, how often posts get removed, who writes here (age, gender, countries), what people ask for, how they talk, and related subreddits — all in the full report.

Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research