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Top 100 Phobia List
These are the top 100 phobias in the world, with the most common ones listed from the top, according to Fearof.net.
- Arachnophobia – The fear of spiders affects women four times more than men (48% women and 12% men).
- Ophidiophobia – The fear of snakes. People avoid certain cities only because they have more snakes.
- Acrophobia – The fear of heights. Five percent of the general population suffer from this phobia.
- Agoraphobia – The fear of open or crowded spaces. People with this phobia often refuse to leave home.
- Cynophobia – The fear of dogs. This includes everything from small Poodles to Great Danes.
- Astraphobia – The fear of thunder/lightning. AKA Brontophobia, Tonitrophobia, or Ceraunophobia.
- Claustrophobia – The fear of small spaces like elevators, trams, small rooms and other enclosed spaces.
- Mysophobia – The fear of germs. It is also rightly termed as Germophobia or Bacterophobia.
- Aerophobia – The fear of flying in air planes, hot air balloons etc. 25 million Americans fear this.
- Trypophobia – The fear of holes. This unusual but common phobia associates holes with danger.
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