Dailey Bailey: The 10 Most Common Phobias in America

Is an irrational fear LESS irrational if a ton of people have it? If you don’t have a problem with spiders crawling all over you, maybe you’re the irrational one.

A new survey had Americans rank their biggest phobias. Here are the 10 most common ones.

1. Acrophobia . . . a fear of heights.

2. Arachnophobia . . . fear of spiders.

3. Claustrophobia . . . fear of tight spaces.

4. Ophidiophobia . . . fear of snakes.

5. Thalassophobia . . . fear of deep water.

6. Necrophobia . . . fear of death.

7. Glossophobia . . . fear of public speaking.

8. Coulrophobia . . . fear of clowns.

9. Trypanophobia . . . fear of needles.

10. Entomophobia . . . fear of insects.