/r/PhonesAreBad/

r/PhonesAreBad

215k members
r/PhonesAreBad is a subreddit with 215k members. The community frequently discusses phone, smartphone, hate, phones, and iphone, and the most common flair used is image, text post, spam, other (edit me), and video.
A subreddit to showcase all of the pics and arguments people have that can be boiled down to "phones are bad".

Popular Topics in r/PhonesAreBad

#1

Phone

165 posts
#2

Smartphone

36 posts
#3

Hate

21 posts
#4

Phones

20 posts
#5

Iphone

18 posts
#6

Worst

15 posts
#7

Addiction

15 posts
#8

Boomer

10 posts
#9

App

9 posts
#10

Facebook

6 posts

Flair Used in r/PhonesAreBad

#1
image
: "The darkness taking over my phone"
9 posts
#2
text post
: "has anyone noticed how there basically no more funny boomer comic anymore about how phone are bad"
6 posts
#3
spam
: "[ Removed by Reddit ]"
5 posts
#4
other (edit me)
: "The Dopamine Loop: Why your brain forces you to check your phone for no reason"
4 posts
#5
video
: "If you're gonna doom scroll, do it on the toilet like a normal person."
3 posts
#6
not relevant
: "Do you ever open your phone to do something specific and then immediately forget what it was?"
2 posts
#7
concept phone
: "specyfikacja koncepcyjna NOTHING PHONE (5)"
1 post

Member Growth in r/PhonesAreBad

Yearly
+1k members(0.6%)

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Last updated: September 22, 2026