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The central hub for Visual Snow Syndrome (VSS) and related perceptual conditions. VSS is a neurological disorder characterized by continuous visual snow—much like analog TV static—across the entire visual field. It often includes symptoms such as afterimages, floaters, brain fog, and tinnitus. Whether you’ve had visual snow your whole life, developed it recently, or are navigating overlapping conditions like HPPD, join us for research and community support. You are not alone.

35k subscribers431 posts / mo in Sep 2026230 authors / mosince 2011

r/visualsnow has 35k members (+18% over the last 12 months). It gets about 431 posts a month from 230 people. Top topics: Snowy North America, Reading Challenges & Series and Headlights & Highbeams.

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Size and growth

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+18%in 12 months · +4.4% in 3 months · +0.8% in 1 month
Oct 202635k
Growing35k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−1.8%vs Sep 2025 · +10% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026431
QuieterPeaked at 636 in Jan 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/visualsnow

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Snowy North America0.1%
  2. Reading Challenges & Series0.1%
  3. Headlights & Highbeams<0.1%
  4. Winter Paintings<0.1%
  5. Sky Phenomena<0.1%

Brands people mention

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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