r/autism
ActiveAutism news, information and support. Please feel free to submit articles to enhance the knowledge, acceptance, understanding and research of Autism and ASD.
Members
434,794
as of February 2025
Last post
today
September 28, 2026
Posts (30 days)
100+
Created
2008
April 9, 2008
Total posts
533.4K
archived
Total comments
7.7M
archived
Is r/autism dead? Active community.
r/autism is posting regularly — the latest post was today. Active subreddits can't be requested through r/redditrequest.
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How many members does r/autism have?
r/autism had 434,794 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
Is r/autism dead?
No. r/autism is active — the most recent post was today, with 100+ posts in the last 30 days.
When was r/autism created?
r/autism was created on April 9, 2008.
Can I take over r/autism?
Probably not. r/autism is still in active use, and Reddit only hands over communities whose human moderators have all gone inactive on Reddit for 60+ days. If you want a community in this niche, look for abandoned subreddits on the same topic instead — DeadSubs finds them automatically.
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