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221k subscribers547 posts / mo in Sep 2026351 authors / mosince 2010

r/recruiting has 221k members (+42% over the last 12 months). It gets about 547 posts a month from 351 people. Top topics: Recruiting Issues & Advice, Job Search and Networking and Job Hunting Struggles.

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Size and growth

How r/recruiting has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+42%in 12 months · +5.3% in 3 months · +1.0% in 1 month
Oct 2026220k
Growing220k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−21%vs Sep 2025 · −35% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026547
QuieterPeaked at 1k in Aug 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/recruiting

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Recruiting Issues & Advice21%
  2. Job Search and Networking6.5%
  3. Job Hunting Struggles5.1%
  4. Salary Negotiation and Bait4.2%
  5. Job Rejection2.6%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. LinkedIn
  2. daily
  3. Hunter
  4. Apollo
  5. Medium

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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