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r/UKFrugal↗

The UK version of /r/Frugal

175k subscribers104 posts / mo in Sep 2026100 authors / mosince 2012

r/UKFrugal has 175k members (+19% over the last 12 months). It gets about 104 posts a month from 100 people. Top topics: Grocery Budgeting, FrugalSavingTips and UK Supermarkets.

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Size and growth

How r/UKFrugal has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+19%in 12 months · +4.1% in 3 months · +0.5% in 1 month
Oct 2026174k
Growing174k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−12%vs Sep 2025 · −12% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026104
QuieterPeaked at 233 in Nov 2023
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/UKFrugal

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Grocery Budgeting0.6%
  2. FrugalSavingTips0.6%
  3. UK Supermarkets0.6%
  4. Smartphones0.5%
  5. Train Tickets and Travel0.5%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Amazon
  2. Martin Lewis
  3. Ebay
  4. Tesco PLC
  5. Sainsbury's

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