r/freelance↗
Articles of interest for freelancers and people who want to become one. Violating the rules (https://old.reddit.com/r/freelance/about/rules) will cause your post/comment will be removed and you will be banned permanently.
705k subscribers1,175 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)1,010 authors / mosince 2008
r/freelance has 705k members (+12% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,175 posts a month from 1,010 people. Top topics: Freelance Tips & Clients, Upwork Issues and Upwork Freelancing.
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Freelance Tips & Clients15%
- Upwork Issues11%
- Upwork Freelancing5.1%
- UX Design Challenges1.4%
- Freelance Writing Tips1.3%
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