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Optometry

A subreddit for eyecare professionals to discuss relevant topics in the field! This is not a subreddit for patient or prescription questions.

54k subscribers314 posts / mo in Sep 2026284 authors / mosince 2011

r/optometry has 54k members (+13% over the last 12 months). It gets about 314 posts a month from 284 people. Top topics: Medical Exams & Practice Tests, Occupational Therapy Discussions and Eye Issues.

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Size and growth

How r/optometry has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+13%in 12 months · +2.6% in 3 months · +0.7% in 1 month
Oct 202654k
Growing54k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−35%vs Sep 2025 · −16% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026314
QuieterPeaked at 1.4k in Mar 2022
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/optometry

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Medical Exams & Practice Tests1.5%
  2. Occupational Therapy Discussions0.8%
  3. Eye Issues0.5%
  4. Eye Surgery Updates0.3%
  5. Traveling Roles and Perspectives0.3%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. American Academy of Ophthalmology
  2. Apple
  3. etsy

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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

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