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/r/Self-Sufficiency: A place for anyone looking to reduce their dependencies

Self-sufficiency is anything that helps you reduce the critical dependencies in life through self-empowerment. UPVOTE first-hand experience, DOWNVOTE anything that does not encourage discussion. Self-sufficiency is not a single lifestyle choice.

159k subscribers46 posts / mo in Sep 202638 authors / mosince 2009

r/SelfSufficiency has 159k members (+9.8% over the last 12 months). It gets about 46 posts a month from 38 people. Top topics: Survival Books & Prepping, Beginner Gardening Tips and Gardening Adventures.

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Size and growth

How r/SelfSufficiency has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+9.8%in 12 months · +2.1% in 3 months · +0.9% in 1 month
Sep 2026158k
Growing158k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Sep 2026
r/SelfSufficiency

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+77%vs Sep 2025 · −45% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202646
BusierPeaked at 106 in Sep 2021
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/SelfSufficiency

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Survival Books & Prepping0.6%
  2. Beginner Gardening Tips0.5%
  3. Gardening Adventures0.4%
  4. Potato Growing & Harvesting0.3%
  5. Winter Gardening0.3%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Apple
  2. Gofund
  3. Qualtrics

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Posting rules and account requirements, how often posts get removed, who writes here (age, gender, countries), what people ask for, how they talk, and related subreddits — all in the full report.

Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research