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ReachMD
Reputation report · by Thinking Deeply
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AI Reputation Index
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ReachMD

A solid reputation overall.

Index 76/10088th percentile (vs. competitors)Medical education and communications network for healthcare professionalsreachmd.com
AI Engines (4/4)47
Reddit Presence75
vs. Competition76
Scored 40d ago
Why this grade

What is driving the grade

The biggest factor in this grade is ReachMD's ai engine answers.

  • Reddit footprint50% of the grade · scored 75/100

    ReachMD has a healthy, active Reddit presence with the conversation leaning favorable.

  • Vs. competitors20% of the grade · scored 76/100

    ReachMD is roughly even with its competitors.

    What moves it: Hold the lead by keeping presence and sentiment ahead of the field.

  • AI engine answers30% of the grade · scored 47/100

    The AI engines are mixed on ReachMD, and the grade leans toward the most critical one.

    What moves it: Improve the sources the engines draw from, especially the critical Reddit threads they cite.

Overview

The consensus on ReachMD

A solid reputation overall.

Graded 88th percentile against its competitors.

  • Across the AI engines that answered, 2 of 4 are cautious or critical about ReachMD. That is what buyers asking about it tend to hear.
  • Reddit is mostly neutral on ReachMD across 36 relevant mentions: discussed, but without a strong lean.
  • ReachMD is roughly even with its competitors on AI reputation, with no clear leader in the set.
The Reddit conversation

What people are saying about ReachMD on Reddit

The most visible community threads about ReachMD. No critical threads stood out in this scan. When an AI engine quotes one of these, it directly shapes the answer your buyers get.

neutral

Managing IBS with Diarrhea. GI Insights on ReachMD by ...

"However, in patients with IBS with diarrhea, tricyclics are a good option because they have an anticholinergic and therefore an antidiarrheal ..."

neutral

Reach MD schools : r/medschool

"Just got accepted to University of Arizona medical school and I have a 3.45 GPA (3.05 sGPA) and a 506 MCAT score. I have no research hours, but ..."

neutral

ReachMD-Somewhat new Sirius XM channel for medical ...

"Does anyone listen to ReachMD-Sirius XM channel 167? What do you think? http://www.reachmd.com/. Archived post."

neutral

Discussing the Complications of IBS Mimickers

"Welcome to GI Insights on ReachMD. I'm Dr. Peter Buch, and joining us today to discuss mimickers of irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS, is Dr."

neutral

Reach MD Schools : r/PreMedInspiration

"I have been thinking about making this post for a while. I am here hoping to be someones motivation that if you don't "reach" you wont ever ..."

Reddit footprint

Where the conversation lives

Conversation volume by community
Sample of 36 brand mentions in the past year
Main subreddit
Active community
r/ibsresearchCommunity
weekly posters
17
posts this week
post sentiment
Sample Mention Volume (Past Year): 36
Mention sentiment
0positive36neutral0negative
Subreddit profile report
Related communities (unofficial)

Where the brand is discussed, plus the topical communities its audience gathers in.

Head-to-head

How you stack up

Every brand scored with the identical four-engine, Reddit-weighted method.

Graded on a curve against this field: ReachMD lands in the 88th percentile of the group.

1
ReachMDYou
76B
Reddit mentions (past year)
36
Main subreddit
Engagement
Posts
2
Pri-Med
74B
Reddit mentions (past year)
66
Main subreddit
Engagement
Posts
3
Medscape
59D
Reddit mentions (past year)
98
Main subreddit
Engagement
Posts
4
Healio
45C
Reddit mentions (past year)
93
Main subreddit
Engagement
Posts
5
Doximity
25D
Reddit mentions (past year)
62
Main subreddit
Engagement
Posts
6
MedPage Today
24D
Reddit mentions (past year)
117
Main subreddit
Engagement
Posts
How this data is measured
  • Reddit mentions:distinct Reddit threads that name the brand, found via web search across Reddit and confirmed by an AI relevance check (same-name or off-topic threads are dropped). It is a current, relevance-ranked sample of what's discoverable (not a count over a fixed window), so treat it as a comparative signal between brands, not an absolute total.
  • Main subreddit · Engagement · Posts:read live from each brand's own subreddit feed (its most recent posts, up to ~100). Engagement blends post upvotes, comments, and comment karma scaled by posting cadence. “Posts” is the all-time total when the feed could be fully read, otherwise a lower bound (shown as N+).
  • Time horizon:every figure is a point-in-time snapshot taken when the report was generated (see “Scored” at the top). Re-running the report refreshes it; we do not yet track these metrics over time.
  • All figures are measured from real provider data; where a value can't be substantiated it is shown as “—” rather than estimated.
Four-engine probe

What each AI engine says

Identical buyer-intent questions, asked in web-grounded mode across all four engines.

Claudeneutral

ReachMD is a legitimate, established platform for healthcare professionals, but users should be aware of potential bias in sponsored content.

Confidence 80% 24 sources
Geminihedged

ReachMD is a reputable platform, but some users desire more app functionality and alternatives offer specialized features.

Confidence 70% 20 sources
Perplexityhedged

ReachMD is a legitimate medical education platform, but users should verify claims and be aware of potential sponsor influence.

Confidence 70% 24 sources
Deep research

Subreddit brand profile

A community-intelligence dossier on r/ibsresearch · public · Niche health/medical research-sharing community (IBS-specific scientific content).

r/ibsresearch appears to be a small, specialized subreddit oriented toward scientific research, clinical trials, and emerging treatments for Irritable Bowel Syndrome — a focused, evidence-oriented alternative to the large general-support community r/ibs. No verifiable quantitative data (member count, activity, engagement, moderation) could be obtained from available public sources; major Reddit-stats tools either returned data for the wrong (larger) subreddit or have shut down. This report therefore relies on cautious, clearly-labeled inference about the community's apparent niche, with most metrics left null at low confidence. Direct inspection of the subreddit page would be required to produce reliable figures.

members
weekly active
active contributors
posts / 7 days
Community scores
0/100 overall
Health0
Growth potential60
Engagement strength0
Commercial value40
Community sentiment
Likely neutral-to-cautiously-hopeful (inferred from research-sharing focus; not verified)

Sentiment split couldn't be substantiated.

Common complaints:Lack of definitive biomarkers/diagnostics for IBS (inferred from literature context)Variable, strain-dependent efficacy of probiotic/microbiome treatments (inferred)
What the community talks about
  • Gut microbiome / dysbiosis researchrising
  • Emerging treatments & clinical trialsrising
  • Gut-brain axis / visceral hypersensitivitystable
  • Diet research (e.g., low-FODMAP)stable
Community graph
Adjacent:r/ibsr/ibsdr/ibscr/SIBOr/Microbiome
Overlapping:r/ibsr/SIBOr/Gastroenterologyr/FODMAPS
Competing:r/ibs
Feeders:r/ibs
Key insights
  • r/ibsresearch could not be verified in available public data sources; it must not be conflated with the much larger general community r/ibs (~146k members), which is what stats aggregators surfaced.high
  • GummySearch — a primary subreddit-stats source — is closed as of 11/30/2025, materially reducing available third-party data for niche subreddits like this one.high
  • Direct inspection of the live subreddit page (member count, mod list, recent post cadence) is the necessary next step to convert these inferences into verified metrics.high
  • The subreddit name strongly implies a curated, research/evidence-focused mission distinct from anecdotal support, suggesting a self-selected, more science-literate audience.
  • IBS research literature shows microbiome/dysbiosis and gut-brain axis topics are dominant and growing themes, which likely shape this subreddit's most-shared content.
  • IBS affects roughly 3–12% of the population depending on diagnostic criteria, indicating a large potential audience for a research-focused niche to grow into.
Risks to watch
Moderation:Small communities are vulnerable to under-moderation if few/inactive mods (unverified)Risk of unverified medical claims spreading without expert oversight
Toxicity:Low expected toxicity for a research-focused niche, but unverified
Spam:Supplement/probiotic product spam common in health niches (inferred)Predatory or pseudoscientific 'cure' promotion
Platform:Dependence on third-party stats tools that have shut down (e.g., GummySearch closed 11/30/2025) limits external visibilityReddit API/policy changes affecting niche community discoverability

No verified data specific to r/ibsresearch (member count, creation date, moderators, post/comment activity, engagement, sentiment) was obtainable from the available web searches.

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