About r/pregnant
In its own words:
A safer space for all pregnant people.
Community guide
r/pregnant (#620, about 1.7 million subscribers) covers A safer space for all pregnant people. A recent sample averaged 277 posts a day (~100% text). Its public rules include: This subreddit is for pregnant people and their loved ones. Stay on topic.; We are good to each other.; We are pro-choice, pro-science and pro-vaccinations.; No policing or shaming other people's bodies or pregnancies.; Bigotry and hate speech are not allowed.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Civility rules are enforced; personal attacks get removed. Medical advice requests are out of scope.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rule list—not merely a larger sibling community. The public rule list is long enough that skimming all entries once beats assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change. Common flairs include: Need Advice, Question, Advice, Rant. Volume is high—clear titles help.
The community was created on Apr 20, 2009, which makes it 17 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 1,612 subscribers (+0.09%). It sits just behind r/photocritique (#618) and ahead of r/acne (#620) in our ranking.
What sets r/pregnant apart
Compared with other large communities, r/pregnant leans heavily on text posts (100% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 35%). For its size it is unusually busy: about 158.3 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 3.4× as many posts as the quietest (04:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/pregnant grew from 1,735,383 to 1,747,643 subscribers (+12.3K, +0.71%). That is about 240 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/pregnant this week
The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Nov 7, 2026).
- Voted and vomitedu/Feisty-Emu-9974 · Nov 3 · text post
- I now understand why people say wait until 2nd trimester...u/Slow_Purchase3829 · Nov 4 · text post
- Don't tell your due dateu/Big-Career-4905 · Nov 2 · text post
- My mother in law just posted my 3d ultrasound photo to Facebook and announced my pregnancy before I’ve announced it. Without my knowledge.u/shampoo_mohawk_ · Nov 5 · text post
- Husband called me a c*nt because I asked him for helpu/Vivid-Brilliant-9942 · Nov 1 · text post
- I gave birth to a breeched babyu/kirby1488 · Nov 4 · text post
- 8 months pregnant in 4 daysu/YeahTheyKnowItsMe · Nov 4 · text post
- I don’t want to do this anymoreu/OldMirror2947 · Nov 2 · text post
- Most humiliating experience of my pregnancy so far.u/Old_Jeweler111 · Nov 5 · text post
- I did it…totally not what I expected but worth it!u/captainabbydail · Nov 7 · text post
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/pregnant, from 2020 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- Y'all convinced me to call my doctor about decreased movement and I'm so glad I listenedu/nativeheritage · Oct 7, 2025 · text post
- Please appreciate your pregnancyu/Patient_Occasion9894 · Feb 10, 2025 · text post
- Learned a sad lesson in patience today at an ultrasound apptu/MeganLJ86 · Apr 1, 2025 · text post
- PLEASE do not home birthu/yellowrosern · Jul 6, 2025 · text post
- I’m stuck in the bathtubu/tellurcatisaidpsps- · Jan 10, 2026 · text post
- I was held involuntarily at a mental hospital for saying I didn’t want to be pregnant anymore (Texas)u/Status_Garden_3288 · Dec 30, 2024 · text post
- My husband just saw the baby move, and almost threw up.u/Yeeebles · Aug 27, 2024 · text post
- having a baby in the US during COVID--a study in chaos and hypocrisyDec 14, 2020 · text post
- Giving birth ain't that badu/Substantial_Will8329 · May 5, 2025 · text post
- Unexpected news at the OB!u/No_Intention_7184 · Jan 9, 2025 · text post
What r/pregnant talks about
Across 699 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “weeks”, “pregnancy”, “baby”, “advice” and “trimester”. Other frequent themes are test, spotting, pain, feeling, second and feel. Recurring phrases include “morning sickness”, “anatomy scan”, “early pregnancy” and “second pregnancy”. By format, 100% are text posts.
Popular post flairs: Need Advice (282), Question (174), Advice (91), Rant (73), Content Warning (48), Excitement! (14).
Activity and best time to post
r/pregnant gets about 280 new posts a day. The public archive holds 623,461 posts and 7,786,718 comments in total, about 12.5 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Tuesday (307 posts) and the quietest was Saturday (211). Posting peaks around 18:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.
Rules of r/pregnant
The moderators of r/pregnant list 8 rules. In short:
- This subreddit is for pregnant people and their loved ones. Stay on topic.
- We are good to each other.
- We are pro-choice, pro-science and pro-vaccinations.
- No policing or shaming other people's bodies or pregnancies.
- Bigotry and hate speech are not allowed.
- Frequently asked questions and repetitive posts will be removed
- Medical advice
- Flair issues
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/pregnant 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/pregnant have?
r/pregnant has 1,747,643 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #619 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 12,260 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How old is r/pregnant?
r/pregnant was created on Apr 20, 2009, so it has been around for 17 years.
How active is r/pregnant?
Very active: r/pregnant gets about 280 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 623,461 posts and 7,786,718 comments. In a sample of 699 recent posts we counted 653 different authors.
When is r/pregnant most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Tuesday and the quietest Saturday, and most posts arrive around 18:00 UTC, with the fewest around 04:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/pregnant about?
The community describes itself as: “A safer space for all pregnant people.” Recent post titles often mention weeks, pregnancy, baby, advice and trimester. Most posts are text posts (100%).
Is r/pregnant safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/pregnant as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/pregnant?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/pregnant accepts text posts only, with galleries enabled. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “This subreddit is for pregnant people and their loved ones. Stay on topic.”; “We are good to each other.”; “We are pro-choice, pro-science and pro-vaccinations.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/pregnant?
Communities with similar topics include r/beginnerfitness (3M), r/space (28M), r/lgbt (1.3M) and r/OffMyChestPH (1.1M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 9, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). 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/pregnant.