r/depression
/r/depression, because nobody should be alone in a dark place
Founded January 2009 · Public — anyone can post
Peer support for anyone struggling with a depressive disorder
Members
1,233,644
1.2M
Online now
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not captured in the last snapshot
Posts per day
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no sample yet
Comments per post
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no sample yet
Growth · 7d
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not enough history yet
Growth · 30d
+1.0%
+12K members · ≈37d
Promo tolerance
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not assessed yet
Last post
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no sample yet
Distinct posters
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no sample yet
Tracking since Aug 11 · 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
Similar by content
Communities that discuss what r/depression discusses.
The mental health subreddit is the central forum to discuss, vent, support and share information about mental health, illness and wellness.
Peer support for anyone struggling with suicidal thoughts.
Discussion and support for sufferers and loved ones with anxiety conditions. Please look over the rules before posting to the subreddit.
You are loved! This is a support community for anyone who suffers from any form of self hate, depression, self harm, loneliness, etc.
See the full lists on similar subreddits.
r/depression — frequently asked
How many members does r/depression have?
r/depression has 1,233,644 members as of our most recent crawl on Oct 20. 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/depression growing?
Over the last ≈37 days r/depression changed by +1.0% — a gain of 12K members. We compare against the nearest snapshot we actually hold and state the real span rather than rounding it to a clean "30 days".
How active is r/depression?
We don't have a reliable posting-rate sample for r/depression 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/depression created?
r/depression was founded in January 2009 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/depression?
We don't have a promo-tolerance read for r/depression 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/depression for mentions?
Hit Watch on this page. Prowlo starts crawling r/depression 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/depression's stats?
Yes. Everything on this page is one MCP tool call away: catalog_get_subreddit returns r/depression'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.
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