r/leanfire↗
For those that want to approach the problem of financial independence from a minimalist, stoic, frugal, or anti-consumerist trajectory. If you want to retire before 60 with less than $54k in planned yearly household expenses ($27k individual), this is the place to discuss it!
387k subscribers199 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~3% by known bots)167 authors / mosince 2015
r/leanfire has 387k members (+12% over the last 12 months). It gets about 199 posts a month from 167 people. Top topics: FIRE Career & Life Balance, Retirement and Career Choices and StartingFIRE.
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Topics and brands on r/leanfire
Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- FIRE Career & Life Balance3.5%
- Retirement and Career Choices3.2%
- StartingFIRE3.0%
- FIRE Journey Updates2.7%
- Retirement Planning & Early Retirement1.8%
Brands people mention
Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Mr. Money Mustache
- Bogleheads
- FI Calc
- HealthCare
- Early Retirement Now
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