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r/malingering↗

Online Fakers, OTTs and Malingerers

A sub to discuss Munchausen’s, Munchausen’s By Internet (MBI), Malingering, Factitious Illness, over the top behavior related to chronic illness, and drama in the chronic illness community.

6.2k subscriberssince 2019

r/malingering has 6.2k members. Top topics: Drugs & Highs, Follower Management & Engagement and Service Dogs Training.

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Size and growth

How r/malingering has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+32%since Apr 2020
Oct 20266.2k
Growing6.2k subscribers
Data since Mar 2019Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

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0posts
Sep 20260
BusierPeaked at 0 in Oct 2021
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

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Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Drugs & Highs1.0%
  2. Follower Management & Engagement1.0%
  3. Service Dogs Training0.7%
  4. Disabled Community & Advocacy0.7%
  5. Surgery Stories0.7%

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Timing and removals

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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