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Loneliness

Let's be lonely, together.

37k subscribers1,264 posts / mo in Sep 20261,038 authors / mosince 2010

r/loneliness has 37k members (+54% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,264 posts a month from 1,038 people. Top topics: College Loneliness, Make Friends and Making Friends at Uni.

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Size and growth

How r/loneliness has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+54%in 12 months · +8.1% in 3 months · +2.2% in 1 month
Oct 202637k
Growing37k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+176%vs Sep 2025 · +47% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20261.3k
BusierPeaked at 1.3k in Jul 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/loneliness

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. College Loneliness0.4%
  2. Make Friends0.3%
  3. Making Friends at Uni0.3%
  4. Loneliness and Friendship0.2%
  5. Expatriate Experiences0.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Substack
  2. Apple
  3. Spotify
  4. Qualtrics
  5. Medium

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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