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Raising Kids

Raising Kids is a community for parents and guardians actively raising youth of any age. Raising Kids expects respectful discussion on the topic of raising children. This is not a place for relatives or community members to complain about kids in their lives. Please do not submits survey requests, asks for contest votes, or market research questions outside the weekly post.

81k subscribers340 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~2% by known bots)279 authors / mosince 2012

r/raisingkids has 81k members (+49% over the last 12 months). It gets about 340 posts a month from 279 people. Top topics: Parenting Issues, Educational Inequality and Reading & Books.

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Size and growth

How r/raisingkids has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+49%in 12 months · +14% in 3 months · +3.1% in 1 month
Oct 202680k
Growing80k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/raisingkids

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+270%vs Sep 2025 · −5.0% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026340
BusierPeaked at 561 in Jun 2026
Sep 2026: incl. ~2% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/raisingkids

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Parenting Issues1.2%
  2. Educational Inequality0.4%
  3. Reading & Books0.3%
  4. Parenting & Education0.3%
  5. New York Schools0.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Apple
  2. The Atlantic
  3. etsy
  4. Substack
  5. Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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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