/r/lonely/

r/lonely

505k members
r/lonely is a subreddit with 505k members. The community frequently discusses lonely, loneliness, alone, friends, and looking for a friend, and they frequently recommend/review app recommendations and hot chocolate, and the most common flair used is venting, discussion, birthday post 🎁, tw: drugs, and tw: abuse.
A community for all the lonely people. Everyone is welcome here, no matter your age, race, sex, sexuality, relationship status. All that we request is that you be accepting of people, and kind. Any problems at all, please let the moderators know.

Popular Topics in r/lonely

#1

Lonely

133 posts
#2

Loneliness

45 posts
#3

Alone

34 posts
#4

Friends

29 posts
#5

Looking For A Friend

17 posts
#6

Feeling

17 posts
#7

Relationship

16 posts
#8

Tired

16 posts
#9

Feel

16 posts
#10

Connect

15 posts

Products Discussed in r/lonely

#1
C.Ai
4.0β˜… from 1 review
#2
Kindroid
4.0β˜… from 1 review
#1
Starbucks
5.0β˜… from 1 review

Flair Used in r/lonely

#1
Venting
: "Being a gay guy from a Muslim family is really the worst thing ever"
64 posts
#2
Discussion
: "Is it a turn off if you’re going to therapy while I’m still trying to date?"
9 posts
#3
Birthday post 🎁
: "Happy birthday to me"
3 posts
#4
TW: Drugs
: "Drinking heavily on National Girlfriends Day"
1 post
#5
TW: Abuse
: "The dilemma of whether to accept loneliness or still hope that it ends eventually"
1 post
#6
TW: custom
: "Entertain me!"
1 post

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Yearly
+60k members(13.5%)

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Last updated: August 1, 2026