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Rheumatoid Arthritis

Support group for autoimmune arthritis sufferers. Please read the pinned FAQ post and rules before posting anything. The same questions get asked a lot, so searching the sub can give you a lot of info. Do some research before posting.

41k subscribers359 posts / mo in Sep 2026291 authors / mosince 2012

r/rheumatoid has 41k members (+22% over the last 12 months). It gets about 359 posts a month from 291 people. Top topics: Wrist Pain & Injury, Playing Hand Issues and Thumb Play.

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Size and growth

How r/rheumatoid has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+22%in 12 months · +4.0% in 3 months · +0.9% in 1 month
Oct 202641k
Growing41k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−13%vs Sep 2025 · +4.3% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026359
QuieterPeaked at 459 in Aug 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/rheumatoid

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Wrist Pain & Injury<0.1%
  2. Playing Hand Issues<0.1%
  3. Thumb Play<0.1%
  4. Remote Work Trends<0.1%
  5. Hand Pain & Ergonomics<0.1%

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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