According to FEAR OF. net, these are the most common phobias in the world, with the most common ones listed at the top. 100 phobias are on the list.

1. ARACHNOPHOBIA - Fear of spiders (four times more common in women than men)

2. OPHIDIOPHOBIA - Fear of snakes

3. ACROPHOBIA - Fear  of heights

4. AGORAPHOBIA - Fear of open or crowded spaces (causing severe sufferers to never leave home)

 

5. CYNOPHOBIA - Fear of dogs

6. ASTRAPHOBIA - Fear of thunder and lightning

7. CLAUSTROPHOBIA - Fear of small, enclosed spaces

8. MYSOPHOBIA - Fear of germs

9. AEROPHOBIA - Fear of flying

10. TRYPOPHOBIA - Fear of holes

11. CARCINOPHOBIA - Fear of cancer

12. THANATOPHOBIA - Fear of death (including talking about it)

 

13. GLOSSOPHOBIA - Fear of public speaking

14. MONOPHOBIA - Fear of being alone (even while eating or sleeping)

 

15. ATYCHIPHOBIA- Fear of failure

 

20. TRYPANOPHOBIA - Fear of needles

24. HEMOPHOBIA - Fear of blood

26. HIPPOPOTOMONSTROSESQUIPPEDALIOPHOBIA - Fear of long words (It's real)

 

27. XENOPHOBIA - Fear of the unknown (foreigners)

29. BASIPHOBIA - Fear of falling

35. NYCTOPHOBIA - Fear of darkness

39. TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA - Fear of the number 13

65. SCELEROPHOBIA - Fear of crime

78. CACOMORPHOBIA - Fear of fat people (especially to anorexics and bulimics)

NOTE from JA: There ought to be a phobia for it:

Fear of having to use the bathroom when there is no ready access to one.