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r/defi↗

DeFi - Decentralized Finance

News, articles and discussions about decentralized financial protocols on any blockchain

201k subscribers339 posts / mo in Sep 2026243 authors / mosince 2018

r/defi has 201k members (+29% over the last 12 months). It gets about 339 posts a month from 243 people. Top topics: DeFi Finance, Stablecoin Insights and Yield Farming.

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Size and growth

How r/defi has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+29%in 12 months · +4.0% in 3 months · +0.8% in 1 month
Oct 2026201k
Growing201k subscribers
Data since Sep 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−39%vs Sep 2025 · −43% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026339
QuieterPeaked at 2.5k in Jan 2022
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/defi

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. DeFi Finance20%
  2. Stablecoin Insights4.5%
  3. Yield Farming3.7%
  4. Crypto Hacks1.9%
  5. BuyBTCKYC-Free1.4%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Archive
  2. Pump
  3. Medium
  4. Defillama
  5. Crypto

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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