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693.4K members. The best post we have captured here reached 3.2K upvotes, which works out to 5 per 1,000 members.

5peak upvotes per 1,000 members
693.4Kmembers
3.2Kbest post
508most comments
101posts we track

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What actually lands here

The mix of post types among everything we have captured. Posting a link where almost nothing but images lands is wasted effort, and this is the fastest way to see it.

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Text 72% Image 15% Question 13%

The topics it labels

Flairs are the community's own categories, and the closest thing a subreddit has to telling you what it wants.

Good News / Happy 17 Content Warning: Suicidal Thoughts / Self Harm 10 Opinion / Thoughts 7 Need Support 6 Inspiration / Encouragement 5 Sadness / Grief 4 Question 3 Venting 2 Content Warning: Violence 2 ♥️🧠📖🎓💉🤕♥️ 📷 1

What the ceiling looks like

The biggest posts we have captured here. Links go to the original on Reddit.

Mental Health Awareness Month: I have schizoaffective bipolar type and I just graduated with my BA in English (Magna Cum Laude) at age 28 after dropp…

↑ 3.2K 💬 178 image 2018

Not to brag, but instead of laying in bed ALL day, I laid in bed for MOST of the day, then got up and took a shower. Next up, I conquer the world.

↑ 3K 💬 116 text 2019

Thank you to the woman who rang me out at Target. You saved my life 😭❤️

↑ 2.7K 💬 94 text 2021

My name's Luke and I just got put in a mental health facility but we gotta keep smiling 😊

↑ 2.6K 💬 153 image 2025

PREACH

↑ 2.4K 💬 50 image 2017

It’s been 2 months to the day since I last self harmed. I just want someone to be proud of me.

↑ 2K 💬 159 text 2019

If your depression was cured by just "going to the gym" and "getting some sunlight" you weren't really depressed

↑ 2K 💬 349 text 2026

I made a suicide scale. Hoping it could help others.

↑ 2K 💬 186 text 2019

Why aren't suicidal people allowed to talk ANYWHERE?

↑ 1.8K 💬 315 question 2025

Anyone else procrastinate going to sleep because they don’t want the next day to come, but then also get anxious about how many hours they have left …

↑ 1.8K 💬 116 question 2021

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Every figure here is what ViralHunt has captured from r/mentalhealth, not everything the community has ever posted. We deliberately do not publish an average score: our sample is weighted toward a community's best posts, so an average would be flattering and wrong. Peak per 1,000 members is computed the same way for every community listed. See how we measure.