This is a list of the most common phobias, ranked by people who find these things incapacitating. These popular fears can paralyze you or are incontrollable - no matter what logic tells you. Do you have any of these? Common phobias include aracnophobia (fear of spiders), acrophobia (fear of heights), and aviophobia (fear of flying), though there is no end to the number of things people can be afraid of. If your phobia isn't listed, add it, or press rerank to make your own list of the things you find most threatening. Let's find out the most common phobia. Vote and add! If you just want to vote on things that scare you, but aren't phobias, check out this list.
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#1 Acrophobia
Extreme or irrational fear of heights
#2 Arachnophobia
Fear of spiders
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#3 Claustrophobia
Fear of enclosed spaces
#4 Ophidiophobia
Fear of snakes
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#5 Thalassophobia
Fear of Deep Water
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#6 Trypanophobia
Fear of needles
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#7 Glossophobia
Fear of public speaking
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#8 Necrophobia
Fear of death
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#9 Coulrophobia
Fear of clowns
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#10 Trypophobia
Pathological fear of objects with irregular patterns of holes
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#11 Entomophobia
Fear of insects
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#12 Galeophobia
Fear of sharks
#13 Pnigophobia
Fear of being smothered or fear of suffocating
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#14 Achluophobia
Fear of the dark
#15 Katagelophobia
Fear of being ridiculed
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#16 Atelophobia
Fear of not being good enough or imperfection
