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USA Medicare Information and Discussions - Independent Community Helping you to Understand Medicare

27k subscribers288 posts / mo in Sep 2026252 authors / mosince 2008

r/medicare has 27k members (+48% over the last 12 months). It gets about 288 posts a month from 252 people. Top topics: Healthcare Policy, Pharmacy Challenges and Long Term Care Options.

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Size and growth

How r/medicare has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+48%in 12 months · +9.1% in 3 months · +3.1% in 1 month
Oct 202627k
Growing27k subscribers
Data since Aug 2019Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−6.8%vs Sep 2025 · −4.4% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026288
QuieterPeaked at 507 in Oct 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/medicare

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Healthcare Policy0.3%
  2. Pharmacy Challenges0.3%
  3. Long Term Care Options0.3%
  4. Traveling Roles and Perspectives0.2%
  5. Retirement Payments and Benefits0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

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Who posts on r/medicare

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How they talk

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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