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r/whatsbotheringyou↗

What's making you unhappy?

We're a subreddit that you can talk to about anything that makes you unhappy or bothers you. You talk. We'll listen.

13k subscribers452 posts / mo in Sep 2026387 authors / mosince 2013

r/whatsbotheringyou has 13k members (+15% over the last 12 months). It gets about 452 posts a month from 387 people. Top topics: HateMyJob, Failed Classes and College Anxiety.

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Size and growth

How r/whatsbotheringyou has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+15%in 12 months · +4.3% in 3 months
Oct 202613k
Growing13k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+2279%vs Sep 2025 · +273% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026452
BusierPeaked at 452 in Sep 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/whatsbotheringyou

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. HateMyJob0.4%
  2. Failed Classes0.4%
  3. College Anxiety0.4%
  4. Job Hunting Struggles0.3%
  5. Career Struggles0.3%

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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