/r/lonely/

r/lonely

509k members
r/lonely is a subreddit with 509k 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, tw: custom, birthday post 🎁, and tw: suicide.
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
: "I want connection but it’s something unattainable"
66 posts
#2
Discussion
: "The only friend ive made for the past 2 years is a cat"
14 posts
#3
TW: custom
: "A poem I wrote about the emotional turmoil I feel"
2 posts
#4
Birthday post 🎁
: "Another birthday, all alone"
1 post
#5
TW: suicide
: "It's around 2 AM and I just wanna walk until somebody finds me"
1 post
#6
TW: Abuse
: "I’m thinking of giving up on relationships, it just doesn’t work for me."
1 post

Member Growth in r/lonely

Yearly
+62k members(14.0%)

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Last updated: August 29, 2026