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Consumer Bankruptcy

Resources for those interested in bankruptcy, with a primary focus on consumer Chapters 7 and 13 in the United States of America. If you are posting ANYTHING regarding bankruptcy in a country other than the United States, you MUST identify the country about which you are posting. If you are posting from within the USA, please list your [state] in the title of your post. Questions about Canadian Bankruptcy are best directed to /r/PersonalFinanceCanada/

51k subscribers894 posts / mo in Sep 2026731 authors / mosince 2009

r/Bankruptcy has 51k members (+41% over the last 12 months). It gets about 894 posts a month from 731 people. Top topics: Debt Advice, Credit Score Improvement and Homeless and Carless.

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How r/Bankruptcy has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+41%in 12 months · +6.2% in 3 months · +1.5% in 1 month
Oct 202651k
Growing51k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−7.1%vs Sep 2025 · +17% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026894
QuieterPeaked at 1.2k in Oct 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/Bankruptcy

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Debt Advice1.5%
  2. Credit Score Improvement1.4%
  3. Homeless and Carless0.3%
  4. Paralegal-Firm Issues0.2%
  5. Credit Card Debt-Free Journey0.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. nfcc.org
  2. Annual Credit Report
  3. cred
  4. myFICO
  5. Realtor

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