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Highly Sensitive People

Come hang out with us on Discord!: https://discord.gg/R5GSyPDwb8 A subreddit for highly sensitive people. Welcome HSP redditors! ___ The concept of HSP was developed by Dr. Elaine Aaron based on her studies described in her book 'The Highly Sensitive Person'. See more in the sidebar at https://old.reddit.com/r/HSP.

97k subscribers317 posts / mo in Sep 2026234 authors / mosince 2011

r/hsp has 97k members (+16% over the last 12 months). It gets about 317 posts a month from 234 people. Top topics: Introvert Challenges at Work, Workplace Dynamics and HateMyJob.

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Size and growth

How r/hsp has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+16%in 12 months · +3.0% in 3 months · +0.8% in 1 month
Oct 202697k
Growing97k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−23%vs Sep 2025 · −2.4% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026317
QuieterPeaked at 489 in Mar 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/hsp

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Introvert Challenges at Work0.2%
  2. Workplace Dynamics0.2%
  3. HateMyJob0.2%
  4. Empathy Discussions0.1%
  5. Toxic Work Environment0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Substack
  2. Apple
  3. Medium
  4. Meetup
  5. ChatGPT

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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

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