r/financialindependence↗
Financial Independence / Retire Early
This is a place for people who are or want to become Financially Independent (FI), which means not having to work for money. Financial Independence is closely related to the concept of Early Retirement/Retiring Early (RE) - quitting your job/career and pursuing other activities with your time. At its core, FI/RE is about maximizing your savings rate (through less spending and/or higher income) to achieve FI and have the freedom to RE as fast as possible.
2.5M subscribers84 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~42% by known bots)44 authors / mosince 2011
r/financialindependence has 2.5M members (+3.6% over the last 12 months). It gets about 84 posts a month from 44 people. Top topics: FIRE Career & Life Balance, FIRE Journey Updates and Financial Independence Journey.
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Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- FIRE Career & Life Balance6.0%
- FIRE Journey Updates4.4%
- Financial Independence Journey3.1%
- Retirement and Career Choices2.8%
- StartingFIRE2.7%
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Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Bogleheads
- Early Retirement Now
- HealthCare
- Apple
- White Coat Investor
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