/r/23andme/

r/23andme

166k members
r/23andme is a subreddit with 166k members. The community frequently discusses results, ancestry, dna, ethnicity, and update, and they frequently recommend/review dna test, and the most common flair used is results, question / help, discussion, dna relatives, and updated results - new vs old.
The official unofficial 23andMe subreddit! Talk about your genes and their possible implications! Discord: https://discord.gg/3Jjc3GdmtB

Popular Topics in r/23andme

#1

Results

224 posts
#2

Ancestry

153 posts
#3

Dna

129 posts
#4

Ethnicity

83 posts
#5

Update

63 posts
#6

Updated

60 posts
#7

Heritage

48 posts
#8

Pic

30 posts
#9

American

29 posts
#10

Dna_results

24 posts

Products Discussed in r/23andme

Dna Test

15 reviews
#1
Ancestry
4.7 from 9 reviews
#2
23andMe
3.5 from 4 reviews
#3
AncestryDNA
4.0 from 1 review

Flair Used in r/23andme

#1
Results
: "My twin sons’ results."
99 posts
#2
Question / Help
: "Update this fall?"
34 posts
#3
Discussion
: "Is there anyone here who looks like their ethnicity but people of different ethnicities are unable to recognize that?"
23 posts
#4
DNA Relatives
: "Irish DNA originated in Middle East and eastern Europe"
8 posts
#5
Updated Results - New vs Old
: "Updated results | Mexican"
4 posts
#6
Historical Matches
: "Historical matches of my Spanish dad"
4 posts
#7
Infographic/Article/Study
: "Admixture's impact on Brazilian population evolution and health"
2 posts
#8
Reconstructed Ancestors
: "Reconstruction Of The Oldest West/East Eurasian"
1 post
#9
Family Discovery
: "Haplogroup I-S2078"
1 post
#10
Concept Suggestion/Art/Design
: "What does your ancestry report mean to you? Is the goal to understand your ancestry or to make a conclusion of how much “part” something you are? If you could creatively illustrate in another way besides a pie chart, how would you?"
1 post

Member Growth in r/23andme

Yearly
+17k members(11.7%)

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Last updated: August 9, 2026