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r/nailbiting

Support, advice and progress tracking for those breaking the habit of compulsive nail biting.

28k subscribers167 posts / mo in Sep 2026156 authors / mosince 2012

r/nailbiting has 28k members (+12% over the last 12 months). It gets about 167 posts a month from 156 people. Top topics: Nail Biting Progress, NailGrowthProgress and NailIssues.

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Size and growth

How r/nailbiting has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+12%in 12 months · +2.2% in 3 months · +0.5% in 1 month
Oct 202628k
Growing28k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−12%vs Sep 2025 · −2.6% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026167
QuieterPeaked at 283 in Feb 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/nailbiting

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Nail Biting Progress2.2%
  2. NailGrowthProgress1.5%
  3. NailIssues0.9%
  4. Broken Nails0.7%
  5. Fix Broken Nails0.5%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Consumer Reports
  2. U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  3. Apple

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Posting rules and account requirements, how often posts get removed, who writes here (age, gender, countries), what people ask for, how they talk, and related subreddits — all in the full report.

Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research