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Financial Independence Australia

Welcome to the Australian version of r/financialindependence, a place created for Australians to discuss the concepts of financial independence (FI) and retiring early (RE). You can be financially independent early in life! There is no need to work until to you are 65+ in order to access Superannuation benefits and retire. Why not retire at 45? At 35? Welcome to the concept of Financial Independence.

336k subscribers270 posts / mo in Sep 2026220 authors / mosince 2015

r/fiaustralia has 336k members (+7.0% over the last 12 months). It gets about 270 posts a month from 220 people. Top topics: StartingFIRE, ETFs and Small Caps and ETF Portfolio Management.

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Size and growth

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+7.0%in 12 months · +1.5% in 3 months · +0.5% in 1 month
Oct 2026335k
Growing335k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−52%vs Sep 2025 · −26% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026270
QuieterPeaked at 682 in Jan 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/fiaustralia

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. StartingFIRE3.6%
  2. ETFs and Small Caps3.5%
  3. ETF Portfolio Management2.4%
  4. Personal Finance Resources1.8%
  5. FIRE Career & Life Balance1.7%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. BetaShares
  2. Networthify
  3. S&P Global
  4. Vanguard Australia
  5. Moneysmart

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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

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