r/freelancing↗
all news for freelancers of the web
112k subscribers931 posts / mo in Sep 2026803 authors / mosince 2008
r/freelancing has 112k members (+131% over the last 12 months). It gets about 931 posts a month from 803 people. Top topics: Freelance Tips & Clients, Upwork Freelancing and Hiring Tasks.
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How r/freelancing has grown
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Topics and brands on r/freelancing
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Freelance Tips & Clients16%
- Upwork Freelancing5.8%
- Hiring Tasks3.4%
- Upwork Issues2.4%
- Freelance Writing & Editing1.0%
Brands people mention
Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Freelancer
- AttaPoll
- Behance
- Skool
- Promarkia
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