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Upwork: the unofficial sub for Upwork clients and freelancers

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201k subscribers833 posts / mo in Sep 2026661 authors / mosince 2015

r/Upwork has 201k members (+46% over the last 12 months). It gets about 833 posts a month from 661 people. Top topics: Upwork Freelancing, Upwork Issues and Freelance Tips & Clients.

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Size and growth

How r/Upwork has grown

r/Upwork

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+46%in 12 months · +5.1% in 3 months · +0.9% in 1 month
Oct 2026201k
Growing201k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/Upwork

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−45%vs Sep 2025 · −11% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026833
QuieterPeaked at 1.8k in Aug 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/Upwork

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Upwork Freelancing40%
  2. Upwork Issues13%
  3. Freelance Tips & Clients1.4%
  4. Job Hunting1.0%
  5. Job Scams0.8%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Freelancer
  2. LinkedIn
  3. Make
  4. Guru
  5. Lemon

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Everything else about r/Upwork

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