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r/theotherwoman↗

For affair dynamic where one person is single and the other is married/attached.

This is a non-judgemental place for the affair dynamic of a single WOMAN or MAN in an affair with a married/attached by marriage person. Here, you can discuss your experiences being the other person or occasionally a married person and seek help from those who are going through and/or have gone through being part of an affair. NOTE: Our sub DOES NOT cater to affair dynamics stemming from sex work, prostitution, sugaring, etc.

43k subscribers280 posts / mo in Sep 2026189 authors / mosince 2013

r/theotherwoman has 43k members (+49% over the last 12 months). It gets about 280 posts a month from 189 people. Top topics: Heartbreak Stories, Goodbye Letters and Letting Go and Pain and Poetry.

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r/theotherwoman

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+49%in 12 months · +8.5% in 3 months · +2.1% in 1 month
Oct 202643k
Growing43k subscribers
Data since Jun 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/theotherwoman

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+0.4%vs Sep 2025 · −6.4% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026280
BusierPeaked at 466 in Oct 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/theotherwoman

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Heartbreak Stories0.2%
  2. Goodbye Letters and Letting Go0.2%
  3. Pain and Poetry0.1%
  4. Cheating Relationships0.1%
  5. MGMT Songs0.1%

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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