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Budgeting - Creating and maintaining a personal budget

Here on r/budget, we are a community to share budgeting techniques, programs, ideas, and help others with questions. We are here to help, so ask away.

176k subscribers331 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)284 authors / mosince 2009

r/budget has 176k members (+40% over the last 12 months). It gets about 331 posts a month from 284 people. Top topics: Budgeting Apps, Grocery Budgeting and Budgeting Categories.

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Size and growth

How r/budget has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+40%in 12 months · +6.4% in 3 months · +1.4% in 1 month
Oct 2026175k
Growing175k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−16%vs Sep 2025 · +9.6% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026331
QuieterPeaked at 473 in Aug 2025
Sep 2026: incl. ~1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/budget

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Budgeting Apps4.8%
  2. Grocery Budgeting3.6%
  3. Budgeting Categories2.0%
  4. Debt Advice1.8%
  5. FrugalSavingTips1.8%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Apple
  2. etsy
  3. Fina
  4. Budget Bytes
  5. Wealthfront

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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