r/dementia rules, stats, and what to post
Know the rules before you post. So easy grandma can do it.
- To post
- No minimum in the rules
- To comment
- No minimum in the rules
- Self-promotion
- Banned
- Links
- Not mentioned in the rules
- Promo risk
- High
- From the rules, not from removal counts
- Community age
- 16 years
- Since Jan 2010
About r/dementia
A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/dementia: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.Checked from the r/dementia rules on Reddit.
r/dementia rules
No subreddit-specific rules were displayed on the public rules page when Rankhog verified it on 2026-10-21.
What to post in r/dementia
What fits the room, and what gets removed.
Works well
- A plain language post sharing one practical caregiving lesson from your own experience, with no links and no ask.
- An honest question asking family caregivers what part of daily care they find hardest, so you can learn rather than pitch.
- A short offer to answer questions in an area you genuinely know, stated without mentioning any company or product.
- A supportive comment on someone else's post that adds real value and builds trust before you ever think about posting your own thread.
Avoid
- Posting any link that promotes your product, service, or company, because self promotion is not allowed here.
- Asking members to sign up, buy, donate, or visit your site, because solicitation is not allowed here.
- Pasting AI generated or AI written text into a post or comment, because AI created content is not allowed here.
- Dressing up a pitch as a personal story or a question, which still reads as self promotion to the people you are talking to.
- Treating a support community of stressed families as a distribution channel for your launch or newsletter.
Best hours to post in r/dementia
No pattern yet. r/dementia does not have enough top posts from the last 90 days to name its best hours.
What actually works in r/dementia
These are the highest scoring posts Rankhog observed in r/dementia over the past month, with what each one did differently. Rankhog watches this community continuously, so it sees posts when they are published and again as they climb.
- Upvotes
- 407
- Comments
- 27
- Posted
- Nov 5, 2026
Why it worked
- Rankhog breakout tier from a local post-score estimate
- Kept short enough to read in one pass
- Almost no downvotes (99% upvoted)
- Upvotes
- 403
- Comments
- 22
- Posted
- Nov 5, 2026
Why it worked
- Rankhog breakout tier from a local post-score estimate
- Told in the first person
- Kept short enough to read in one pass
- Almost no downvotes (99% upvoted)
- Upvotes
- 146
- Comments
- 21
- Posted
- Nov 5, 2026
Why it worked
- Rankhog top tier from a local post-score estimate
- Told in the first person
- Short paragraphs rather than one block of text
- Almost no downvotes (100% upvoted)
- Upvotes
- 126
- Comments
- 48
- Posted
- Nov 2, 2026
Why it worked
- Rankhog breakout tier from a local post-score estimate
- Short paragraphs rather than one block of text
- Almost no downvotes (99% upvoted)
- Upvotes
- 125
- Comments
- 61
- Posted
- Nov 6, 2026
Why it worked
- Rankhog breakout tier from a local post-score estimate
- Asks the community a question instead of announcing something
- Short paragraphs rather than one block of text
- Almost no downvotes (98% upvoted)
- Upvotes
- 105
- Comments
- 41
- Posted
- Nov 3, 2026
Why it worked
- Rankhog top tier from a local post-score estimate
- Told in the first person
- Short paragraphs rather than one block of text
- Almost no downvotes (100% upvoted)
- Upvotes
- 92
- Comments
- 58
- Posted
- Nov 5, 2026
Why it worked
- Rankhog top tier from a local post-score estimate
- Told in the first person
- Short paragraphs rather than one block of text
- Almost no downvotes (100% upvoted)
- Upvotes
- 85
- Comments
- 66
- Posted
- Nov 3, 2026
Why it worked
- Rankhog top tier from a local post-score estimate
- Told in the first person
- Almost no downvotes (97% upvoted)
- Upvotes
- 74
- Comments
- 98
- Posted
- Nov 4, 2026
Why it worked
- Rankhog top tier from a local post-score estimate
- Asks the community a question instead of announcing something
- Almost no downvotes (100% upvoted)
- Upvotes
- 73
- Comments
- 13
- Posted
- Nov 6, 2026
Why it worked
- Rankhog top tier from a local post-score estimate
- Told in the first person
- Almost no downvotes (99% upvoted)
What r/dementia Is For
This community is a support space for people dealing with dementia and for their families. The description says dementia patients and their families suffer in silence, and the forum exists so they can connect and feel less alone with the disease. People post about dementia in its many forms, and the description names Alzheimer's disease, vascular, frontotemporal, Lew Body, and semantic dementia as some of the most common. The people here are patients, family members, and caregivers looking for understanding and practical help, not shoppers looking for products. The description also sets the tone in plain terms: self promotion, solicitation, and AI created content are not allowed here.
What To Post
For a founder doing respectful Reddit marketing, the bar here is simple: show up as a human, not as a marketer. A good post shares something useful with no string attached, like a plain language explanation of a caregiving challenge you have seen, or an honest question about what families in this situation struggle with. If you have personal or professional experience with dementia, say so plainly and keep any product, company, or link out of the post entirely. Ask before you offer, and if someone asks for a resource, answer in your own words rather than dropping a link. Write every post yourself, in your own voice, because AI written content is explicitly not welcome here.
What To Avoid
Three things are named directly in the community description, and the moderator one liner confirms they get removed. Self promotion is not allowed, so do not post links to your product, your company, your blog, or your newsletter. Solicitation is not allowed, so do not ask members for signups, donations, survey responses, or anything that benefits you. AI created content is not allowed, so do not post anything written or generated by AI, even if you edited it afterward. There are no published rules with named consequences, so I cannot tell you what earns a ban versus a removal, only that these three things get posts taken down.
A note from Anthony
This is one of the communities where I would tell any founder to slow way down. The description says families here suffer in silence, and the moderator one liner makes it clear that promotion, solicitation, and AI content all get removed to protect that space. If your work genuinely touches dementia care, the respectful move is to show up as a person first and leave your links at home.
By Anthony Riera, founder and operator of Rankhog. Every guide is built from the community's own public rules and data, then checked by Rankhog's grounding audit before it goes live.
Common questions about r/dementia
What subreddits are similar to r/dementia?
Subreddits like r/dementia are r/ADHD, r/Mindfulness, r/depression, r/adhdwomen, r/shoppingaddiction and r/breastcancer.
Who is this community for?
People dealing with dementia and their families, looking for information, support, and a place to feel less alone.
Can I promote my product or service here?
No. The community states that self promotion, solicitation, and AI created content are not allowed.
Where are the rules listed?
The rules page shows no published rules, but the description itself bans self promotion, solicitation, and AI created content, and the moderators say they remove those posts.
Can I share a helpful resource I made?
Yes, if it is genuinely helpful, written by you, and contains no promotional link or ask. When in doubt, leave the link out.
Can I use AI to draft my post?
No. The community says AI created content is not allowed, so anything AI generated or AI written should stay out.
Subreddits like r/dementia
Other rooms for the same crowd.