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Type 2 Diabetes

A community for support of and sharing of experiences by all who are affected by type 2 diabetes. Please read the rules before your first post. Feel free to post about any type 2 subjects you wish. The only silly questions about diabetes here are the questions that should have been asked but were not. Spam, kooks and links to 'cures' will disappear without trace. The same will occur to comments suggesting that type 2 is a self-inflicted condition.

18k subscribers204 posts / mo in Sep 2026179 authors / mosince 2013

r/type2diabetes has 18k members (+21% over the last 12 months). It gets about 204 posts a month from 179 people. Top topics: Cookbooks & Recipes, Diabetes & Food and Meal Prep Tips & Surveys.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+21%in 12 months · +5.1% in 3 months · +1.4% in 1 month
Oct 202618k
Growing18k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+21%vs Sep 2025 · +61% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026204
BusierPeaked at 204 in Sep 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/type2diabetes

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Cookbooks & Recipes0.3%
  2. Diabetes & Food0.1%
  3. Meal Prep Tips & Surveys<0.1%
  4. Breakfast Ideas & Prep<0.1%
  5. DietSodasAndZeros<0.1%

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