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Welcome to r/Missing! We are a community dedicated to fostering discussion and raising awareness about missing persons. Our subreddit serves as a platform for compassionate and informed dialogue surrounding cases of individuals who have gone missing. Whether you're seeking updates, sharing information, or offering support, this is the place to connect with others who share a common interest and concern for the lost and missing.

7.2k subscribers179 posts / mo in Sep 2026145 authors / mosince 2008

r/missing has 7.2k members. It gets about 179 posts a month from 145 people. Top topics: Missing Persons Help, Missing Persons and Missing Persons.

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Size and growth

How r/missing has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+12%since May 2026 · +6.0% in 3 months · +1.9% in 1 month
Oct 20267.1k
Growing7.1k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Oct 2008)
Live · through Oct 2026
r/missing

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+289%vs Sep 2025 · +93% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026179
BusierPeaked at 339 in Aug 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/missing

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Missing Persons Help8.6%
  2. Missing Persons4.2%
  3. Missing Persons3.5%
  4. Missing Persons2.3%
  5. Missing Children1.3%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Substack
  2. TikTok
  3. Gofund
  4. FBI Human Resources Branch
  5. CBS News

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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