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/r/StudentLoans: Reddit's hub for advice, articles, and discussion about educational loans

/r/StudentLoans: Reddit's hub for advice, articles, and general discussion about getting and repaying student loans.

717k subscribers1,834 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)1,616 authors / mosince 2010

r/StudentLoans has 717k members (+8.0% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,834 posts a month from 1,616 people. Top topics: Student Loan Success Stories, Student Loan Forbearance & Forgiveness and MOHELA Navigation.

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Size and growth

How r/StudentLoans has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+8.0%in 12 months · +1.4% in 3 months · +0.4% in 1 month
Oct 2026716k
Growing716k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+5.8%vs Sep 2025 · +13% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20261.8k
BusierPeaked at 5.1k in Aug 2023
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/StudentLoans

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Student Loan Success Stories9.1%
  2. Student Loan Forbearance & Forgiveness7.8%
  3. MOHELA Navigation3.8%
  4. Forgiven Loans1.6%
  5. Student Loan Forgiveness1.3%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. National Nanotechnology Initiative
  2. SBIR
  3. Student Loan Planner
  4. CourtListener
  5. HHS

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