r/AskDocs

Medical Questions

Founded July 2013 · Public — anyone can post

Updated Sep 11

Having a medical issue? Ask a doctor or medical professional on Reddit! All flaired medical professionals on this subreddit are verified by the mods.

Members

821,607

822K

Online now

—

not captured in the last snapshot

Posts per day

—

no sample yet

Comments per post

—

no sample yet

Growth · 7d

—

not enough history yet

Growth · 30d

—

not enough history yet

Promo tolerance

—

not assessed yet

Last post

—

no sample yet

Distinct posters

—

no sample yet

Tracking since Aug 27 · growth spans are the real distance between snapshots, not rounded windows. Posts/day is measured from the community’s own newest posts on Reddit, not from what Prowlo happens to crawl.

Member growth

Watch these subreddits

Rankings go stale. Prowlo watches these subreddits daily and pings you the moment someone describes the problem you solve.

Free trial · No card

Similar by content

Communities that discuss what r/AskDocs discusses.

r/medicine570K members

r/medicine is a virtual lounge for physicians and other medical professionals from around the world to talk about the latest advances, controversies, ask questions of each other, have a laugh, or share a difficult moment. This is a highly moderated subreddit. Please read the rules carefully before posting or commenting. User flair is now required to post here.

91% content match

**Discussing or sharing medication sources is not allowed and will result in a permanent ban from the sub** A place to discuss medication and share personal experiences. Nobody here is your medical professional and nothing posted or commented here is medical advice. The sub is for users to share and discuss experiences and knowledge. Never take anything you read here as medical advice and always consult your doctor.

89% content match
A
r/ask_reddit195 members

Ask questions about anything.

89% content match
r/Health3.6M members

Health, a science-based community to discuss human health

89% content match
r/FamilyMedicine79K members

Welcome to r/FamilyMedicine, an online community of physicians and eternal learners to share topics & discussions in the field of FM. Read the sidebar rules to participate.

87% content match

See the full lists on similar subreddits.

r/AskDocs — frequently asked

How many members does r/AskDocs have?

r/AskDocs has 821,607 members as of our most recent crawl on Sep 11. Prowlo re-checks tracked communities on a rolling schedule, so this figure moves rather than sitting frozen at whatever it was when a scraper last ran.

Is r/AskDocs growing?

We don't have 30 days of snapshot history for r/AskDocs yet, so we're not going to invent a growth number. We've been tracking it since Aug 27; the chart fills in as history accumulates.

How active is r/AskDocs?

We don't have a reliable posting-rate sample for r/AskDocs yet. Subscriber count alone is a poor guide to whether a community is active, so treat this one as unverified until the next sample lands.

When was r/AskDocs created?

r/AskDocs was founded in July 2013 and is a public — anyone can post community. Age matters: an older community with steady growth has survived Reddit's moderation churn; a young one with a spike may not.

Can I promote my product in r/AskDocs?

We don't have a promo-tolerance read for r/AskDocs yet. Default to the safe approach: read the sidebar rules, contribute in threads where you gain nothing, and mention your product only when it is the honest answer to someone's question.

How do I monitor r/AskDocs for mentions?

Hit Watch on this page. Prowlo starts crawling r/AskDocs into your Dataset — every new post indexed and embedded, searchable semantically, queryable by your AI agent over MCP, and able to trigger keyword alerts in Slack. Prowlo is read-only; it never posts on your behalf.

Can my AI agent read r/AskDocs's stats?

Yes. Everything on this page is one MCP tool call away: catalog_get_subreddit returns r/AskDocs's members, growth, promo tolerance and similar communities as typed JSON — free, no credits. Connect your agent to api.prowlo.com/mcp and it can vet the community and start watching it in the same conversation.

Watch these subreddits

Rankings go stale. Prowlo watches these subreddits daily and pings you the moment someone describes the problem you solve.

r/SaaS · 4m ago

“Our analytics bill tripled overnight. Actively shopping for an alternative this week — what’s good?”

Match · 86%Buying signal

Read-only · Human-in-the-loop
Prowlo never posts for you