Top 100 Phobias

Following are the top 100 phobias in the world, with the most common ones listed from the top.

1. Arachnophobia – The fear of spiders affects women four times more (48% women and 12% men).

2. Ophidiophobia – The fear of snakes . Phobics avoid certain cities because they have more snakes.

3. Acrophobia – The fear of heights . Five percent of the general population suffer from this phobia.

4. Agoraphobia – The fear of open or crowded spaces. People with this fear often wont leave home.

5. Cynophobia – The fear of dogs . This includes everything from small Poodles to large Great Danes.

6. Astraphobia – The fear of thunder/lightning AKA Brontophobia, Tonitrophobia , Ceraunophobia.

7. Claustrophobia – The fear of small spaces like elevators, small rooms and other enclosed spaces.

8. Mysophobia – The fear of germs. It is also rightly termed as Germophobia or Bacterophobia.

9. Aerophobia – The fear of flying . 25 million Americans share a fear of flying.

10. Trypophobia – The fear of holes is an unusual but pretty common phobia.

11. Carcinophobia – The fear of cancer. People with this develop extreme diets.

12. Thanatophobia – The fear of death . Even talking about death can be hard.

13. Glossophobia – The fear of public speaking. Not being able to do speeches.

14. Monophobia – The fear of being alone . Even while eating and/or sleeping.

15. Atychiphobia – The fear of failure. It is the single greatest barrier to success.

16. Ornithophobia – The fear of birds. Individuals suffering from this may only fear certain species.

17. Alektorophobia – The fear of chickens. You may have this phobia if chickens make you panic
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18. Enochlophobia – The fear of crowds is closely related to Ochlophobia and Demophobia.

19. Aphenphosmphobia – The fear of intimacy . Fear of being touched and love.

20. Trypanophobia – The fear of needles. I used to fear needles (that and death).

21. Anthropophobia – The fear of people. Being afraid of people in all situations.

22. Aquaphobia – The fear of water. Being afraid of water or being near water.

23. Autophobia – The fear of abandonment and being abandoned by someone.

24. Hemophobia – The fear of blood . Even the sight of blood can cause fainting.

25. Gamophobia – The fear of commitment or sticking with someone to the end.

26.Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia – The fear of long words . Believe it or not, it’s real.

27. Xenophobia – The fear of the unknown. Fearing anything or anyone that is strange or foreign.

28. Vehophobia – The fear of driving. This phobia affects personal and work life.

29. Basiphobia – The fear of falling . Some may even refuse to walk or stand up.

30. Achievemephobia – The fear of success . The opposite to the fear of failure.

31. Theophobia – The fear of God causes an irrational fear of God or religion.

32. Ailurophobia – The fear of cats . This phobia is also known as Gatophobia.

33. Metathesiophobia – The fear of change. Sometimes change is a good thing.

34. Globophobia – The fear of balloons . They should be fun, but not for phobics.

35. Nyctophobia – The fear of darkness . Being afraid of the dark or the night is common for kids.

36. Androphobia – The fear of men. Usually seen in younger females, but it can also affect adults.

37. Phobophobia – The fear of fear. The thought of being afraid of objects/situations.

38. Philophobia – The fear of love. Being scared of falling in love or emotions.

39. Triskaidekaphobia – The fear of the number 13 or the bad luck that follows.

40. Emetophobia – The fear of vomiting and the fear of loss of your self control.

41. Gephyrophobia – The fear of bridges and crossing even the smallest bridge.

42. Entomophobia – The fear of bugs and insects , also related to Acarophobia.

43. Lepidopterophobia – The fear of butterflies and often most winged insects.

44. Panophobia – The fear of everything or fear that terrible things will happen.

45. Podophobia – The fear of feet . Some people fear touching or looking at feet, even their own.

46. Paraskevidekatriaphobia – The fear of Friday the 13th.

47. Somniphobia – The fear of sleep.

48. Gynophobia – The fear of women . May occur if you have unresolved mother issues.

49. Apiphobia – The fear of bees . Many people fear being stung by angry bees.

50. Koumpounophobia – The fear of buttons. Clothes with buttons are avoided.

51. Anatidaephobia – The fear of ducks . Somewhere, a duck is watching you.

52. Pyrophobia – The fear of fire . A natural/primal fear that can be debilitating.

53. Ranidaphobia – The fear of frogs. Often caused by episodes from childhood.

54. Galeophobia – The fear of sharks in the ocean or even in swimming pools.

55. Athazagoraphobia – The fear of being forgotten or not remembering things.

56. Katsaridaphobia – The fear of cockroaches . This can easily lead to an excessive cleaning disorder.

57. Latrophobia – The fear of doctors.

58. Pediophobia – The fear of dolls . This phobia could well be Chucky-induced.

59. Ichthyophobia – The fear of fish . Includes small, large, dead and living fish.

60. Achondroplasiaphobia – The fear of midgets . Because they look differently.

61. Mottephobia – The fear of moths. These insects are only beautiful to some.

62. Zoophobia – The fear of animals. Applies to both vile and harmless animals.

63. Bananaphobia – The fear of bananas . If you have this phobia, they are scary.

64. Sidonglobophobia – The fear of cotton balls or plastic foams. Oh that sound.

65. Scelerophobia – The fear of crime involves being afraid of burglars, attackers or crime in general.

66. Cibophobia – The fear of food . The phobia may come from a bad episode while eating, like choking.

67. Phasmophobia – The fear of ghosts . AKA Spector phobia.

68. Equinophobia – The fear of horses . Animal phobias are pretty common, especially for women.

69. Musophobia – The fear of mice . Some people find mice cute, but phobics don’t.

70. Catoptrophobia – The fear of mirrors . Being afraid of what you might see.

71. Agliophobia – The fear of pain. Being afraid something painful will happen.

72. Tokophobia – The fear of pregnancy involves giving birth or having children.

73. Telephonophobia – The fear of talking on the phone . Phobics prefer texting.

74. Pogonophobia – The fear of beards or being scared of/around bearded men.

75. Omphalophobia – The fear of belly buttons. Touching and looking at navels.

76. Pseudodysphagia – The fear of choking often after a bad eating experience.

77. Bathophobia – The fear of depths can be anything associated with depth (lakes, tunnels, caves).

78. Cacomorphobia – The fear of fat people. Induced by the media. Affects some anorexics/bulimics.

79. Gerascophobia – The fear of getting old . Aging is the most natural thing, yet many of us fear it.

80. Chaetophobia – The fear of hair. Phobics tend to be afraid of other peoples hair.

81.  Nosocomephobia– The fear of hospitals . Let’s face it, no one likes hospitals.

82. Ligyrophobia – The fear of loud noises. More than the instinctive noise fear.
83. Didaskaleinophobia – The fear of school. This phobia affects kids mostly.

84. Technophobia – The fear of technology is often induced by culture/religion.

85. Chronophobia – The fear of the future. A persistent fear of what is to come.

86. Spheksophobia – The fear of wasps. You panic and fear getting stung by it.

87. Ergophobia – The fear of work . Often due to social or performance anxiety.

88. Coulrophobia – The fear of clowns. Some people find clowns funny, coulrophobics certainly don’t.

89. Allodoxaphobia – The fear of opinions . Being afraid of hearing what others are thinking of you.

90. Samhainophobia – The fear of Halloween affects children/superstitious people.
91. Photophobia – The fear of light caused by something medical or traumatic.

92. Disposophobia – The fear of getting rid of stuff triggers extreme hoarding.

93. Numerophobia – The fear of numbers and the mere thought of calculations.

94. Ombrophobia – The fear of rain. Many fear the rain due to stormy weather.

95. Coasterphobia – The fear of roller coasters.

96. Thalassophobia – The fear of the ocean . Water, waves and unknown spaces.

97. Scoleciphobia – The fear of worms . Often because of unhygienic conditions.

98. Kinemortophobia – The fear of zombies . Being afraid that zombies attack and turn you into them.

99. Myrmecophobia – The fear of ants . Not as common as Arachnophobia, but may feel just as intense.

100. Taphophobia – The fear of being buried alive by mistake and waking up in a coffin underground.