r/fasting
r/fasting is a Fitness & Health community on Reddit with 569,256 members, ranking #27 of 1,098 in Fitness & Health. A fast is "a period of such abstention or self-denial". For most fasts, there are no set rules on when to start or how long they should last. Your own instincts are usually your best guide. A fast can be from traditional things like 3 solid meals, from social media like Reddit, Google Plus or Facebook or even quitting smoking for a day. The great comedian, Ed Wynn said, "Without your health, riche
How big is r/fasting?
Created in 2011, r/fasting has had over a decade to grow and is a large community by Reddit standards. Within Fitness & Health it ranks #27 of 1,098 communities we track — the top 2.5% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 990× the median Fitness & Health subreddit, which has 575 members. It is a work-safe community with no 18+ flag on Reddit.
For scale, the largest Fitness & Health community we track is r/Fitness with 12,552,533 members — roughly 22 times the size of r/fasting. Reddit itself launched in 2005, so a subreddit created in 2011 sits in the middle wave of community building on the platform. Subscriber counts indicate reach, not activity — a large community can be quiet, and a smaller one busy. Open r/fasting on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.
| Members | 569,256 |
|---|---|
| Category | Fitness & Health |
| Rank in category | #27 of 1,098 |
| Created | 2011 |
| Category median size | 575 members |
| Content rating | Work-safe (SFW) |
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