About r/Health
In its own words:
Health, a science-based community to discuss human health
Community guide
r/Health (#276, about 3.6 million) is a science-based community for human health discussion. Rules ban anti-vaxxers, COVID deniers, anti-maskers, trolling, spam, hate/bigotry, personal attacks, politics, home remedies, surveys, and articles older than 7 days; quality control applies. Link (~21.9 ppd).
Science-based health news/talk
Human health under a science bar—not home-remedy threads or political fights.
Fresh articles
Out-of-date articles (>7 days) are removed; quality control applies to submissions.
Practical pointers
Link-dominated samples; not personal medical care.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Feb 27, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 368 subscribers (+0.01%). It sits just behind r/legaladvice (#275) and ahead of r/Games (#278) in our ranking.
What sets r/Health apart
r/Health is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 1.1 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 14.0.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/Health grew from 3,611,946 to 3,614,067 subscribers (+2.1K, +0.06%). That is about 48 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/Health talks about
Across 126 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “support”, “zenuva”, “pain”, “glp-5” and “glt”. Other frequent themes are relief, glp-1, cbd, formula, ingredients and thinveil. Recurring phrases include “glp-5 glt”, “pain relief”, “zenuva cbd” and “thinveil glp-1”. By format, 100% are links.
Popular post flairs: Not A News Article (73), :snoo: article (18), Spam (1), paywall (1).
Activity and best time to post
r/Health gets about 22 new posts a day. The public archive holds 943,779 posts and 1,039,084 comments in total, about 1.1 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Monday (28 posts) and the quietest was Sunday (7). Posting peaks around 11:00 UTC and is lowest around 02:00 UTC.
Rules of r/Health
The moderators of r/Health list 12 rules. In short:
- No anti-vaxxers
- No COVID-19 deniers
- No Trolling
- No Spamming
- No Hate Speech or Bigotry
- No Personal Attacks
- Quality control
- No politics
- No home remedies
- No surveys
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/Health and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How many members does r/Health have?
r/Health has 3,614,067 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #276 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 2,121 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/Health created?
r/Health was created on Feb 27, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
Is r/Health still active?
Yes. r/Health gets about 22 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 943,779 posts and 1,039,084 comments. In a sample of 126 recent posts we counted 87 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/Health?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Monday and the quietest Sunday, and most posts arrive around 11:00 UTC, with the fewest around 02:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/Health?
The community describes itself as: “Health, a science-based community to discuss human health” Recent post titles often mention support, zenuva, pain, glp-5 and glt. Most posts are links (100%).
Is r/Health SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/Health as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/Health?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/Health accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts). It has 12 posted rules, starting with: “No anti-vaxxers”; “No COVID-19 deniers”; “No Trolling”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/Health?
Communities with similar topics include r/psychology (4.9M), r/HumansBeingBros (6.8M), r/science (34.6M), r/FunnyAnimals (8.7M) and r/Overwatch (6.2M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/Health.