About r/offmychest
In its own words:
A mutually supportive community where deeply emotional things you can't tell people you know can be told. Whether it's long-standing baggage, happy thoughts, or recent trauma, posting it here may provide some relief. We'll listen, and if you want, we'll talk. We aim to keep this a safe space.
Community guide
r/offmychest (#290, about 3.5 million) is a mutually supportive room for deeply emotional things you can’t tell people you know. Rules: be good to each other; no oppressive attitudes/language; stay on-topic; reject harmful behaviors; cooperate to build the community. Text (~428.6 ppd).
Emotional offloads with care
Long-standing baggage, recent trauma, or happy thoughts can fit when shared supportively.
Support norms
No oppressive language; stay on-topic; harmful behaviors are rejected.
Practical pointers
Almost all text; very high sample volume.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Oct 23, 2009, which makes it 17 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 2,440 subscribers (+0.07%). It sits just behind r/india (#289) and ahead of r/fantasyfootball (#291) in our ranking.
What sets r/offmychest apart
Compared with other large communities, r/offmychest leans heavily on text posts (100% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 34%). People mostly look and upvote here rather than comment — about 4.6 comments per post, against 14.0 for a typical large subreddit. For its size it is unusually busy: about 122.5 new posts a day per million members, more than 99% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.51% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 85% of the Top 100.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/offmychest went up from 3,480,660 to 3,498,291 subscribers (+17.6K, +0.51%). That is about 401 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/offmychest talks about
We read the titles of 688 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “feel”, “life”, “friend”, “hate” and “love”. Other frequent themes are family, bad, relationship, stop, wish and boyfriend. Recurring phrases include “social media”, “feel guilty”, “stop thinking” and “gained weight”. By format, 100% are text posts.
Activity and best time to post
r/offmychest gets about 430 new posts a day. The public archive holds 2,416,245 posts and 11,049,205 comments in total, about 4.6 comments per post.
Rules of r/offmychest
The moderators of r/offmychest list 5 rules. In short:
- We are good to each other.
- No oppressive attitudes and language.
- We stay on-topic.
- We reject harmful behaviors.
- We cooperate to build this community.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/offmychest 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/offmychest have?
r/offmychest has 3,498,291 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #290 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 17,631 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/offmychest?
r/offmychest was created on Oct 23, 2009, so it has been around for 17 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Feb 25, 2010.
How active is r/offmychest?
Very active: r/offmychest gets about 430 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 2,416,245 posts and 11,049,205 comments. In a sample of 688 recent posts we counted 627 different authors.
What is r/offmychest about?
The community describes itself as: “A mutually supportive community where deeply emotional things you can't tell people you know can be told. Whether it's long-standing baggage, happy thoughts, or recent trauma, posting it here may provide some relief. We…” Recent post titles often mention feel, life, friend, hate and love. Most posts are text posts (100%).
Is r/offmychest safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/offmychest as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/offmychest?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/offmychest accepts text posts only. It has 5 posted rules, starting with: “We are good to each other.”; “No oppressive attitudes and language.”; “We stay on-topic.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/offmychest?
Communities with similar topics include r/Advice (3.2M), r/beginnerfitness (3M), r/TwoXChromosomes (13.7M), r/listentothis (17.9M) and r/Nails (4.2M).
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/offmychest.