r/phishing is a subreddit with 39k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses phishing, scam, email, gmail, and link, and they frequently recommend/review 2fa app and antivirus.
Phishing - Questions about Phishing scams, reporting Phishing, and general discussion.
Popular Themes in r/phishing
#1
Pain & Anger
: "Uh... Help (I got threatened by a Gmail account which was made by a user whom I downloaded a file through from discord)"
45 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Has anyone managed to cut down on spam calls for good?"
4 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Help! Fell into Phishing scam"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/phishing
#1
Phishing
: "Could this have been a Phishing attempt?"
23 posts
#2
Scam
: "They really tried huh… dumb Scammers…"
16 posts
#3
: "I received this sextortion Email and I'm really stressed. Can someone please tell me what I should do?"
9 posts
#4
Gmail
: "Noreply phishing scam automatically marked as spam by Gmail"
4 posts
#5
Link
: "Is this a discord Link scam?"
3 posts
#6
Verification Code
: "PayPal security code although never Accessed it"
3 posts
#7
Crypto.com
: "Suspicious Crypto.com emails - Verified sender Confirmed ?"
2 posts
#8
Sextortion
: "I received this Sextortion email and I'm really stressed. Can someone please tell me what I should do?"
2 posts
#9
Account
: "LinkedIn denied my Account recovery after a phishing attack even though I'm the real owner. What do I do now?"
2 posts
#10
Hack
2 posts
Products Discussed in r/phishing
Flair Used in r/phishing
#1
GMail
: "Random Moonshot Verification In Email"
19 posts
#2
Hotmail
: "“Lemonade is a body greaper”"
4 posts
Member Growth in r/phishing
Yearly
+12k members(42.8%)
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Last updated: August 14, 2026