Types of fears / phobias around the world

Top 100 Phobia List
These are the top 100 phobias in the
world, with the most common ones
listed from the top. You can click on
each phobia to learn about causes,
symptoms and treatments.
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.