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Pre-Physician Assistant

This is THE subreddit for all pre-physician assistant students seeking help with their applications. Please read our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) before submitting questions. They can be accessed from the sidebar as well as the TOP menu bar. Check out the r/PAstudent subreddit once accepted and r/physicianassistant after graduation.

63k subscribers517 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)422 authors / mosince 2014

r/prephysicianassistant has 63k members (+20% over the last 12 months). It gets about 517 posts a month from 422 people. Top topics: PA & Physician Associate Programs, Grad School Admissions and GradPAJobs.

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Size and growth

How r/prephysicianassistant has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+20%in 12 months · +3.7% in 3 months · +0.9% in 1 month
Oct 202663k
Growing63k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−29%vs Sep 2025 · −27% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026517
QuieterPeaked at 1.1k in May 2025
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/prephysicianassistant

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. PA & Physician Associate Programs20%
  2. Grad School Admissions11%
  3. GradPAJobs3.1%
  4. Accepted Into School2.7%
  5. MCAT & GPA Cycle Advice2.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. AAPA
  2. unc.edu

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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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