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r/expats↗

reddit's best expats sub

reddit's best expats sub

264k subscribers903 posts / mo in Sep 2026778 authors / mosince 2010

r/expats has 264k members (+27% over the last 12 months). It gets about 903 posts a month from 778 people. Top topics: Expatriate Experiences, IWantOut and Moving to Australia.

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Size and growth

How r/expats has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+27%in 12 months · +3.6% in 3 months · +0.9% in 1 month
Oct 2026263k
Growing263k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−16%vs Sep 2025 · −13% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026903
QuieterPeaked at 1.3k in Jan 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/expats

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Expatriate Experiences13%
  2. IWantOut2.5%
  3. Moving to Australia1.6%
  4. Mezcal and Oaxaca Trips1.0%
  5. Moving to Berlin1.0%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Wise
  2. Medium
  3. European Union
  4. Cost of Living
  5. Meetup

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Posting rules and account requirements, how often posts get removed, who writes here (age, gender, countries), what people ask for, how they talk, and related subreddits — all in the full report.

Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research