r/Type1Diabetes is a subreddit with 53k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses diabetes, insulin, pump, t1d, and frustrating, and they frequently recommend/review insulin pump, protein powder, and snacks.
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Popular Themes in r/Type1Diabetes
#1
Pain & Anger
: "I HATE DIABETES"
8 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "In a foreign country alone and my sugar will not stop dropping"
4 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Please help me choose the right insulin pump.."
2 posts
#4
Ideas
: "Type 1 diabetic gamers / streamers - would this be useful to anyone else?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/Type1Diabetes
#1
Diabetes
: "Ran my first official Half-Marathon!!! And then did a 10km after too. 2 races back to back. (Manchester , England). In support of Diabetes"
118 posts
#2
Insulin
: "took too much Insulin, too full to counteract it"
106 posts
#3
Pump
: "My girlfriend got me a cake for my Pump day tomorrow"
37 posts
#4
T1d
: "There was a T1d on the Frontier flight that was evac’d in Denver…"
33 posts
#5
Frustrating
22 posts
#6
Omnipod
: "Insulet initiates another Omnipod 5 recall, affects Dash, Eros too"
20 posts
#7
Type 1
: "27 F, T1D since last 22 years"
17 posts
#8
Blood Sugar
: "When you're in the emergency room and a kind nurse brings you something to eat because you haven't eaten in over 16 hours. My Blood Sugar was finally starting to drop. I did not expect all of this, what a sweet man he was."
16 posts
#9
Dexcom
: "Thought you all would appreciate this! Lol"
16 posts
#10
Cgm
: "Cgm Scarring"
16 posts
Products Discussed in r/Type1Diabetes
Insulin Pump
38 reviews
#1
Tandem
4.9★ from 14 reviews
#2
Omnipod
4.5★ from 11 reviews
#3
Medtronic
4.3★ from 7 reviews
Protein Powder
7 reviews
#1
Muscle Feast Whey Protein Isolate
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
Sproos
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Jocko Molk
5.0★ from 1 review
Snacks
6 reviews
#1
Nuts
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
Lucozade
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Chomps
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/Type1Diabetes
#1
Question
: "Ran my first official Half-Marathon!!! And then did a 10km after too. 2 races back to back. (Manchester , England). In support of Diabetes"
57 posts
#2
Rant
: "The self-appointed food police officers came after me again today."
28 posts
#3
Discussion
: "Have you ever had so much to say but you know words aren’t enough?"
18 posts
#4
Goofy Goobering
: "Thought you all would appreciate this! Lol"
16 posts
#5
Glucose Monitors
: "As soon as I see “LOW”"
13 posts
#6
Achievement
: "I am overjoyed"
12 posts
#7
Seeking Advice
: "Ketones?"
11 posts
#8
Insulin Pumps
: "How to ruin my day"
8 posts
#9
Diet
: "2 days down, lifetime to go"
7 posts
#10
Seeking Support
: "In a foreign country alone and my sugar will not stop dropping"
7 posts
Member Growth in r/Type1Diabetes
Yearly
+9k members(21.5%)
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Last updated: June 8, 2026