r/nihilism is a subreddit with 225k members. The community frequently discusses nihilism, hate, life, hard, and struggling, and the most common flair used is discussion, question, optimistic nihilism, cosmic nihilism, and existential nihilism.
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Popular Topics in r/nihilism
#1
Nihilism
21 posts
#2
Hate
12 posts
#3
Life
12 posts
#4
Hard
11 posts
#5
Struggling
11 posts
#6
Time
9 posts
#7
Death
3 posts
#8
Nihilist
2 posts
#9
Solutions
2 posts
#10
Meaning
2 posts
Flair Used in r/nihilism
#1
Discussion
: "We wouldn’t be suffering from Problems if Humans just Rewarded Empathy and Compassion instead of Greed and lack of Empathy"
15 posts
#2
Question
: "Do we all deserve to die?"
13 posts
#3
Optimistic Nihilism
: "A Thesis on Optimistic Nihilism"
4 posts
#4
Cosmic Nihilism
: "Nothing Matters"
3 posts
#5
Existential Nihilism
: "I hate existing."
2 posts
#6
Pessimistic Nihilism
: "What do you think of—or what criticisms do you have of—Slaymen Bonilla’s "Utopian Pessimism"? I genuinely believe he's just another pretentious academic, trying for the thousandth time to pass off “optimistic nihilism” as something innovative and unprecedented."
1 post
#7
Link
: "Genetic screening for predisposition towards depression"
1 post
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Last updated: November 5, 2026