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Poverty: Developing Solutions Worldwide

The purpose of this subreddit is to discuss and share the development of solutions to poverty in its various forms through collective impact both regionally and globally. Part of the Reddit Safe Community Network. Please Read the Updated Rules. This group has strict limitations.

39k subscribers248 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)215 authors / mosince 2009

r/poverty has 39k members (+121% over the last 12 months). It gets about 248 posts a month from 215 people. Top topics: Homeless and Carless, Homelessness Assistance and Food Assistance Requests.

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Size and growth

How r/poverty has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+121%in 12 months · +19% in 3 months · +3.2% in 1 month
Oct 202639k
Growing39k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/poverty

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+377%vs Sep 2025 · +47% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026248
BusierPeaked at 312 in Aug 2026
Sep 2026: incl. ~1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/poverty

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Homeless and Carless1.5%
  2. Homelessness Assistance1.0%
  3. Food Assistance Requests0.8%
  4. Budget Healthy Meals0.7%
  5. Homelessness Assistance0.6%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Gofund
  2. WTEN
  3. Medium
  4. Substack
  5. AttaPoll

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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