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Psychoanalysis

All things pertaining to what is called "the talking cure".

90k subscribers114 posts / mo in Sep 202699 authors / mosince 2008

r/psychoanalysis has 90k members (+17% over the last 12 months). It gets about 114 posts a month from 99 people. Top topics: Client Therapy Issues, Classic Literature Exploration and Imposter Syndrome & Therapy.

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Size and growth

How r/psychoanalysis has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+17%in 12 months · +3.0% in 3 months · +0.7% in 1 month
Oct 202690k
Growing90k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−43%vs Sep 2025 · −4.8% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026114
QuieterPeaked at 286 in Oct 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/psychoanalysis

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Client Therapy Issues0.7%
  2. Classic Literature Exploration0.5%
  3. Imposter Syndrome & Therapy0.3%
  4. Therapist Practice0.2%
  5. Capitalism Debates0.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Substack
  2. Doi
  3. Routledge
  4. Spotify
  5. University of Pennsylvania

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