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loseit - Lose the Fat

A place for people of all sizes to discuss healthy and sustainable methods of weight loss. Whether you need to lose 2 lbs or 400 lbs, you are welcome here!

4.2M subscribers2,531 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)2,169 authors / mosince 2010

r/loseit has 4.2M members (+3.4% over the last 12 months). It gets about 2,531 posts a month from 2,169 people. Top topics: Weight Loss Advice, Weight Gain Struggles and Progress Tracking.

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Size and growth

How r/loseit has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+3.4%in 12 months · +0.6% in 3 months · +0.1% in 1 month
Oct 20264.2M
Growing4.2M subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−36%vs Sep 2025 · −32% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20262.5k
QuieterPeaked at 6.5k in Jul 2024
Sep 2026: incl. ~1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/loseit

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Weight Loss Advice0.7%
  2. Weight Gain Struggles0.4%
  3. Progress Tracking0.4%
  4. Weight Loss Plateaus & Discouragement0.3%
  5. Starting Out in Fitness0.3%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Reddit Help
  2. Tdeecalculator
  3. CDC
  4. Math, Fitness, Finance, Science
  5. Apple

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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