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r/nursing↗

Nursing for nurses and by nurses for the care of all.

1.1M subscribers3,047 posts / mo in Sep 20262,632 authors / mosince 2009

r/nursing has 1.1M members (+6.4% over the last 12 months). It gets about 3,047 posts a month from 2,632 people. Top topics: Nursing Challenges, New Grad Nurse Challenges and Nursing Career Challenges.

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Size and growth

How r/nursing has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+6.4%in 12 months · +1.1% in 3 months · +0.3% in 1 month
Oct 20261.1M
Growing1.1M subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−28%vs Sep 2025 · −17% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20263k
QuieterPeaked at 5.8k in Jan 2022
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/nursing

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Nursing Challenges4.6%
  2. New Grad Nurse Challenges3.5%
  3. Nursing Career Challenges3.3%
  4. ICU NursingCareer2.2%
  5. Nursing Challenges2.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. CDC
  2. TikTok
  3. etsy
  4. ScienceDirect
  5. Tenor

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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