r/lonely↗
We are here for you :)
A community for all the lonely people. Everyone is welcome here, no matter your age, race, sex, sexuality, relationship status. All that we request is that you be accepting of people, and kind. Any problems at all, please let the moderators know.
520k subscribers4,413 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)3,307 authors / mosince 2008
r/lonely has 520k members (+15% over the last 12 months). It gets about 4,413 posts a month from 3,307 people. Top topics: College Loneliness, Making Friends at Uni and Loneliness and Friendship.
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How r/lonely has grown
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Topics and brands on r/lonely
Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- College Loneliness0.3%
- Making Friends at Uni0.2%
- Loneliness and Friendship0.2%
- Making Friends & Conversations0.1%
- LookingForFriends0.1%
Brands people mention
Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Spotify
- Substack
- Apple
- Meetup
- Medium
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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