r/IBSHelp

IBS Help: Questions and advice for IBS sufferers

Founded August 2015 · Public — anyone can post

Updated Sep 10

Questions and advice regarding IBS. No links, memes, images or videos, surveys, studies etc allowed. This subreddit is for educational purposes only. Please do not take medical advice from this subreddit. If you have any medical issues please visit a licensed doctor.

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Growth · 30d

+1.2%

+171 members · ≈32d

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Tracking since Jul 29 · 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.

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r/IBSHelp — frequently asked

How many members does r/IBSHelp have?

r/IBSHelp has 14,553 members as of our most recent crawl on Sep 10. 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/IBSHelp growing?

Over the last ≈32 days r/IBSHelp changed by +1.2% — a gain of 171 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/IBSHelp?

We don't have a reliable posting-rate sample for r/IBSHelp 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/IBSHelp created?

r/IBSHelp was founded in August 2015 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/IBSHelp?

We don't have a promo-tolerance read for r/IBSHelp 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/IBSHelp for mentions?

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r/IBSHelp Subreddit Stats — 14.6K members, +1.2% in 32d