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Economy

Forum for economy, business, politics, stocks, bonds, product releases, IPOs, advice, news, investment, videos, predictions, government, money, politics, debate, capitalism, current trends, and more.

1.1M subscribers2,121 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~6% by known bots)685 authors / mosince 2008

r/economy has 1.1M members (+4.0% over the last 12 months). It gets about 2,121 posts a month from 685 people. Top topics: Consumer Finance & Debt, Economic Recession Analysis and Economic Growth & Trends.

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Size and growth

How r/economy has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+4.0%in 12 months · +0.7% in 3 months · +0.2% in 1 month
Oct 20261.1M
Growing1.1M subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/economy

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−9.7%vs Sep 2025 · −22% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20262.1k
QuieterPeaked at 3.9k in May 2022
Sep 2026: incl. ~6% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/economy

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Consumer Finance & Debt0.4%
  2. Economic Recession Analysis0.4%
  3. Economic Growth & Trends0.3%
  4. Banking Crisis & Regulation0.3%
  5. Federal Reserve Analysis0.3%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Substack
  2. Cnbc
  3. Yahoo!
  4. Fortune
  5. Bloomberg L.P.

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