115 Common Phobias of People Around the World

In this blog post, we’re going to talk about 115 common fears that many people have. Phobias are strong fears of things or situations that might not be scary to everyone. People all around the world experience these fears, and it’s completely normal to be afraid of something. We’ll explore these common phobias to help you understand them better. This information is simple and easy to understand, making it perfect for those learning or improving their English.

List of Common Phobias

1. Acrophobia – Fear of heights
2. Aerophobia – Fear of flying
3. Agoraphobia – Fear of open or crowded spaces
4. Alektorophobia – Fear of chickens
5. Anthropophobia – Fear of people or society
6. Aphenphosmphobia – Fear of intimacy
7. Aquaphobia – Fear of water
8. Arachnophobia – Fear of spiders
9. Astraphobia – Fear of thunder and lightning
10. Atychiphobia – Fear of failure
11. Autophobia – Fear of being oneself
12. Brontophobia – Fear of thunderstorms
13. Carcinophobia – Fear of cancer
14. Claustrophobia – Fear of confined spaces
15. Coulrophobia – Fear of clowns
16. Cyberphobia – Fear of computers or technology
17. Cynophobia – Fear of dogs
18. Dendrophobia – Fear of trees
19. Didaskaleinophobia – Fear of going to school
20. Enochlophobia – Fear of crowds
21. Entomophobia – Fear of insects
22. Gamophobia – Fear of marriage
23. Gephyrophobia – Fear of bridges
24. Glossophobia – Fear of speaking in public
25. Hemophobia – Fear of blood
26. Hydrophobia – Fear of water
27. Kinemortophobia – Fear of zombies
28. Lilapsophobia – Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes
29. Monophobia – Fear of being alone
30. Mysophobia – Fear of germs
31. Necrophobia – Fear of death or dead things
32. Nomophobia – Fear of being without a mobile phone
33. Nosocomephobia – Fear of hospitals
34. Nyctophobia – Fear of darkness
35. Ombrophobia – Fear of rain
36. Ophidiophobia – Fear of snakes
37. Ornithophobia – Fear of birds
38. Panophobia – Fear of everything
39. Papaphobia – Fear of the Pope
40. Pathophobia – Fear of disease
41. Pediophobia – Fear of dolls
42. Pedophobia – Fear of children
43. Phagophobia – Fear of swallowing
44. Phobophobia – Fear of phobias
45. Photophobia – Fear of light
46. Pogonophobia – Fear of beards
47. Politicophobia – Fear or distrust of politicians
48. Ponophobia – Fear of overworking
49. Porphyrophobia – Fear of the color purple
50. Potamophobia – Fear of rivers or running water
51. Pteromerhanophobia – Fear of flying
52. Pyrophobia – Fear of fire
53. Quadraphobia – Fear of the number four
54. Radiophobia – Fear of radiation
55. Ranidaphobia – Fear of frogs
56. Rectophobia – Fear of rectum diseases
57. Rhabdophobia – Fear of being severely punished
58. Sciophobia – Fear of shadows
59. Scolionophobia – Fear of school
60. Selenophobia – Fear of the moon
61. Sociophobia – Fear of social evaluation
62. Somniphobia – Fear of sleep
63. Spectrophobia – Fear of mirrors
64. Spermatophobia – Fear of germs
65. Stasibasiphobia – Fear of standing and walking
66. Staurophobia – Fear of crosses or crucifixes
67. Stenophobia – Fear of narrow spaces
68. Stygiophobia – Fear of hell
69. Suriphobia – Fear of mice
70. Symbolophobia – Fear of symbolism
71. Syngenesophobia – Fear of relatives
72. Tachophobia – Fear of speed
73. Taeniophobia – Fear of tapeworms
74. Taphephobia – Fear of being buried alive
75. Taphophobia – Fear of being buried alive
76. Technophobia – Fear of technology
77. Teleophobia – Fear of definite plans
78. Teratophobia – Fear of monsters
79. Tetraphobia – Fear of the number four
80. Textophobia – Fear of certain fabrics
81. Thalassophobia – Fear of the sea
82. Thanatophobia – Fear of death
83. Theatrophobia – Fear of theatres
84. Theophobia – Fear of gods or religion
85. Thermophobia – Fear of heat
86. Tocophobia – Fear of pregnancy or childbirth
87. Tomophobia – Fear of surgical operations
88. Tonitrophobia – Fear of thunder
89. Topophobia – Fear of certain places or situations
90. Toxicophobia – Fear of poison
91. Traumatophobia – Fear of injury
92. Trichophobia – Fear of hair
93. Triskaidekaphobia – Fear of the number 13
94. Trypanophobia – Fear of needles/injections
95. Trypophobia – Fear of holes
96. Uranophobia – Fear of heaven
97. Urophobia – Fear of urine or urinating
98. Vaccinophobia – Fear of vaccines
99. Vehophobia – Fear of driving
100. Verminophobia – Fear of germs
101. Vestiphobia – Fear of clothing
102. Virginitiphobia – Fear of rape
103. Vitricophobia – Fear of step-fathers
104. Walloonphobia – Fear of the Walloons
105. Wiccaphobia – Fear of witches and witchcraft
106. Xanthophobia – Fear of the color yellow or the word yellow
107. Xenoglossophobia – Fear of foreign languages
108. Xenophobia – Fear of strangers or foreigners
109. Xerophobia – Fear of dryness
110. Xylophobia – Fear of wooden objects or forests
111. Xyrophobia – Fear of razors
112. Zelophobia – Fear of jealousy
113. Zeusophobia – Fear of God or gods
114. Zemmiphobia – Fear of the great mole rat
115. Zoophobia – Fear of animals