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TraumatizeThemBack

Traumatizing those that traumatized you. Petty revenge, nuclear revenge, malicious compliance, FAFO, clever comebacks, matching their energy, no contact or just treating them they way they treated you.

399k subscribers212 posts / mo in Sep 2026174 authors / mosince 2022

r/traumatizeThemBack has 399k members (+9.8% over the last 12 months). It gets about 212 posts a month from 174 people. Top topics: Bullying Stories & Revenge, Bosses_and_Coworkers and Workplace Dynamics.

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Size and growth

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+9.8%in 12 months · +1.3% in 3 months · +0.3% in 1 month
Oct 2026399k
Growing399k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Aug 2022)
Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−64%vs Sep 2025 · +33% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026212
QuieterPeaked at 583 in Sep 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/traumatizeThemBack

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Bullying Stories & Revenge2.0%
  2. Bosses_and_Coworkers0.9%
  3. Workplace Dynamics0.6%
  4. Teacher Tales0.4%
  5. Arrests and Incidents0.3%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Merriam-Webster
  2. TikTok

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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