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Debt Free

A community for people working towards being debt free.

1.8M subscribers500 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)456 authors / mosince 2010

r/debtfree has 1.8M members (+4.1% over the last 12 months). It gets about 500 posts a month from 456 people. Top topics: Debt Advice, Credit Card Debt-Free Journey and Debt Freedom.

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Size and growth

How r/debtfree has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+4.1%in 12 months · +0.7% in 3 months · +0.1% in 1 month
Oct 20261.8M
Growing1.8M subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−48%vs Sep 2025 · −14% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026500
QuieterPeaked at 1.8k in Jan 2024
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/debtfree

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Debt Advice16%
  2. Credit Card Debt-Free Journey13%
  3. Debt Freedom6.0%
  4. Student Loan Success Stories3.8%
  5. Credit Score Improvement1.7%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. nfcc.org
  2. Experian
  3. Math, Fitness, Finance, Science
  4. NerdWallet
  5. UnDebt.it

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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