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r/wls↗

Weight Loss Surgery

25k subscribers17 posts / mo in Sep 202615 authors / mosince 2010

r/wls has 25k members (+2.5% over the last 12 months). It gets about 17 posts a month from 15 people. Top topics: Weight Loss Journey, Weight Loss Journey and Weight Loss Journeys.

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Size and growth

How r/wls has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+2.5%in 12 months · +0.5% in 3 months · +0.2% in 1 month
Sep 202625k
Growing25k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Sep 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−43%vs Sep 2025 · +38% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202617
QuieterPeaked at 386 in Aug 2022
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/wls

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Weight Loss Journey0.2%
  2. Weight Loss Journey0.1%
  3. Weight Loss Journeys0.1%
  4. WeightLossProgress<0.1%
  5. Progress Tracking<0.1%

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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