r/Economics↗
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Reddit's largest economics community. Serving as a central forum for users to read, discuss, and learn more about topics related to the economic discipline. We have written rules to support this aim and welcome those who want to learn and those who want to contribute. We aim to foster an environment where everybody feels safe and welcomed and where people feel encouraged to have healthy and productive discuss
5.8M subscribers679 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~5% by known bots)247 authors / mosince 2008
r/Economics has 5.8M members (+3.0% over the last 12 months). It gets about 679 posts a month from 247 people. Top topics: Economic Growth & Trends, Banking Crisis & Regulation and Federal Reserve Analysis.
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How r/Economics has grown
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Topics and brands on r/Economics
Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- Economic Growth & Trends0.4%
- Banking Crisis & Regulation0.4%
- Federal Reserve Analysis0.4%
- Economic Recession Analysis0.3%
- Bond Markets & Yields0.3%
Brands people mention
Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Cnbc
- Economic Resources & Data
- Bloomberg L.P.
- Yahoo!
- wsj
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