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r/carbuying↗

Car Buying and Selling Subreddit, Get a Good Deal, Get a Good Car

Tips and advice on buying and selling cars.

58k subscribers1,041 posts / mo in Sep 2026925 authors / mosince 2012

r/carbuying has 58k members (+99% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,041 posts a month from 925 people. Top topics: Car Dealership Experiences, Buying Used Cars and Used Car Prices.

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Size and growth

How r/carbuying has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+99%in 12 months · +11% in 3 months · +2.7% in 1 month
Oct 202657k
Growing57k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+69%vs Sep 2025 · +8.8% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20261k
BusierPeaked at 1k in Sep 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/carbuying

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Car Dealership Experiences31%
  2. Buying Used Cars6.5%
  3. Used Car Prices3.5%
  4. Vehicle Registration and Titles3.0%
  5. CR-V & HRV Discussions1.9%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Cars
  2. Visor
  3. CarEdge
  4. CarGurus
  5. CARFAX

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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