r/Frugal↗
Frugal Living: Waste Less, Gain More!
Frugality is the mental approach we each take when considering our resource allocations. It includes time, money, convenience, and many other factors.
6.9M subscribers362 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)331 authors / mosince 2008
r/Frugal has 6.9M members (+3.9% over the last 12 months). It gets about 362 posts a month from 331 people. Top topics: FrugalSavingTips, Frugal Grocery Shopping and Budget Healthy Meals.
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- FrugalSavingTips0.8%
- Frugal Grocery Shopping0.7%
- Budget Healthy Meals0.7%
- Buying Used Cars0.6%
- Cell Phone Service Providers0.4%
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- Budget Bytes
- Simple Page
- Walmart
- NPR
- Camelcamelcamel
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