About r/TrueOffMyChest
In its own words:
A place to get personal things off your chest. Not for opinions, not for relationship advice, and not for preaching.
Community guide
r/TrueOffMyChest (#438, about 2.6 million) is a place to speak your mind and get personal things off your chest—not for opinions-as-essays, relationship advice, or preaching. Rules require on-topic personal “off my chest” posts, maturity, no insults toward OP, no revealing personal information, no financial transactions, and reasonable update posting, while inviting open-mindedness within Reddit TOS. Vent, Personal Story, and Confession flairs dominate an all-text torrent (~305.5 ppd).
Personal off-my-chest posts
Vent, Personal Story, and Confession flairs (plus content-warning flairs in the sample) fit; keep the post personal and off-my-chest in style—not generic opinion or advice-seeking reframes the sub rejects.
Privacy and money
Do not reveal personal information; no financial transactions; updates should be posted reasonably; stay within Reddit TOS.
Tone toward OP
No insults toward OP; be mature and open-minded even when the story is heavy.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Oct 21, 2013, which makes it 13 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 2,006 subscribers (+0.08%). It sits just behind r/smallbusiness (#437) and ahead of r/reddeadredemption (#439) in our ranking.
What sets r/TrueOffMyChest apart
r/TrueOffMyChest is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 100% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 34% across the Top 100. For its size it is unusually busy: about 119.8 new posts a day per million members, more than 98% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (18:00 UTC) sees about 3.5× as many posts as the quietest (08:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/TrueOffMyChest grew from 2,538,573 to 2,551,068 subscribers (+12.5K, +0.49%). That is about 284 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/TrueOffMyChest talks about
Across 699 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “life”, “feel”, “friend”, “hate” and “love”. Other frequent themes are friends, girl, mom, person, girlfriend and lost. Recurring phrases include “uni life”, “regret hating”, “sexually assaulted” and “wish humans”. By format, 100% are text posts.
Popular post flairs: Vent (280), Personal Story (141), Confession (85), CONTENT WARNING: VIOLENCE/DEATH (18), CONTENT WARNING: GROOMING (13), CONTENT WARNING: GRIEF (11).
Activity and best time to post
r/TrueOffMyChest gets about 310 new posts a day. The public archive holds 1,240,268 posts and 18,838,155 comments in total, about 15.2 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Monday (344 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (249). Posting peaks around 18:00 UTC and is lowest around 08:00 UTC.
Rules of r/TrueOffMyChest
The moderators of r/TrueOffMyChest list 9 rules. In short:
- Feel free to speak your mind and please be open-minded
- Do not break TOS
- Posts must be on topic
- No insults toward OP
- Be mature
- Do not reveal personal information
- Posts must be personal and in "off my chest" style
- No financial transactions
- Updates must be posted in a reasonable manner
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/TrueOffMyChest 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 subscribers does r/TrueOffMyChest have?
r/TrueOffMyChest has 2,551,068 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #438 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 12,495 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/TrueOffMyChest?
r/TrueOffMyChest was created on Oct 21, 2013, so it has been around for 13 years.
How active is r/TrueOffMyChest?
Very active: r/TrueOffMyChest gets about 310 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 1,240,268 posts and 18,838,155 comments. In a sample of 699 recent posts we counted 431 different authors.
When is r/TrueOffMyChest most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Monday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 18:00 UTC, with the fewest around 08:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/TrueOffMyChest about?
The community describes itself as: “A place to get personal things off your chest. Not for opinions, not for relationship advice, and not for preaching.” Recent post titles often mention life, feel, friend, hate and love. Most posts are text posts (100%).
Is r/TrueOffMyChest safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/TrueOffMyChest as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/TrueOffMyChest?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/TrueOffMyChest accepts text posts only. It has 9 posted rules, starting with: “Feel free to speak your mind and please be open-minded”; “Do not break TOS”; “Posts must be on topic”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/TrueOffMyChest?
Communities with similar topics include r/offmychest (3.5M), r/relationship_advice (15.9M), r/Nails (4.2M), r/confession (12M) and r/TrueCrime (3.4M).
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/TrueOffMyChest.