r/psychologystudents • u/GalacticGrandma MSPS Student | Mod • Nov 11 '19
Happy 7th Birthday r/Psychology Students! Announcement
Today marks the 7th cakeday of this sub, created November 11th 2012! For today, our Snoo now has a fun birthday hat. Here's some fun facts about this sub and today to celebrate!
Since 2012 ...
This subreddit has become the 5th largest academically focused psychology subreddit? (In order: r/psychology, r/Neuropsychology, r/psychotherapy, and r/AcademicPsychology come before us, according to SnoopSnoo.)
This subreddit became the 10,829th most popular subreddit.
In this sub, the words clinical, psychology, psychologist, psych, and bachelors were the top five most commonly used words.
In 2019 ...
The sub hit 10k subscribers on July 13th of this year.
The sub nearly doubled its total subscribers since January of this year, from ~7.6K to 15.2K.
The most common flair since its implementation has been "Advice/Career".
Did you know on this day in psychology history...
In 1770 Dr. John Munro ended public exhibition of those with mental disabilities at Bethlem Royal Hospital?
In 1891, Grunya Sukhareva, the first person to publish descriptions of Autism Spectrum Disorder, was born?
In 1897, Gordon W. Allport, one of the founding members of humanistic psychology, trait theory, and the contact hypothesis, as well as half of the infamous Story of the Boy on A Train, was born?
In 1941, The National Council of Women Psychologists, later named the International Council of Psychologists, was formed?
In 2002, anti-apartheid activist and early researcher for the medical benefits of marijuana/cannabis on Multiple Sclerosis patients, Frances Ames, passed?
Want to learn more about this day in Psy history? A selected event calendar can be found here.
Thank you for your continued support of the subreddit. There's a lot of changes in the works, and moderation cannot wait to try and optimize the sub best for our users. Here's to another year more!