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Physician Associate

Welcome to our virtual space for all things related to Physician Associates. Participation is open to anyone, including PAs, NPs, physicians, nurses, students, medical professionals, and the general public. Please review our 10 rules before contributing. For pre-PA help, check out /r/prephysicianassistant. PA students may be interested in /r/PAstudent for discussions about PA school.

111k subscribers438 posts / mo in Sep 2026369 authors / mosince 2011

r/physicianassistant has 111k members (+14% over the last 12 months). It gets about 438 posts a month from 369 people. Top topics: GradPAJobs, PA & Physician Associate Programs and Nurse Practitioners and PAs.

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Size and growth

How r/physicianassistant has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+14%in 12 months · +2.7% in 3 months · +0.6% in 1 month
Oct 2026111k
Growing111k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−8.0%vs Sep 2025 · −4.6% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026438
QuieterPeaked at 695 in Oct 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/physicianassistant

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. GradPAJobs21%
  2. PA & Physician Associate Programs3.1%
  3. Nurse Practitioners and PAs2.8%
  4. Traveling Roles and Perspectives1.0%
  5. Medical Residency and Career Paths0.8%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Apple
  2. Sermo
  3. Indeed
  4. ChatGPT
  5. Gusto

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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