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Off My Chest | A Safe Community for Support

A mutually supportive community where deeply emotional things you can't tell people you know can be told. Whether it's long-standing baggage, happy thoughts, or recent trauma, posting it here may provide some relief. We'll listen, and if you want, we'll talk. We aim to keep this a safe space.

3.5M subscribers13,247 posts / mo in Sep 202610,088 authors / mosince 2009

r/offmychest has 3.5M members (+5.4% over the last 12 months). It gets about 13,247 posts a month from 10,088 people. Top topics: Cat Loss, Pet Grief Support and Heartbreak Stories.

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Size and growth

How r/offmychest has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+5.4%in 12 months · +1.0% in 3 months · +0.3% in 1 month
Oct 20263.5M
Growing3.5M subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/offmychest

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−10%vs Sep 2025 · −3.6% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202613k
QuieterPeaked at 31k in Aug 2022
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/offmychest

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Cat Loss0.3%
  2. Pet Grief Support0.2%
  3. Heartbreak Stories0.2%
  4. Love and Affection0.2%
  5. Missing You0.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. The New Yorker
  2. Ditch the Label
  3. Simple Page

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Everything else about r/offmychest

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