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$SPY - SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

The SPDR S&P 500 Trust is an exchange-traded fund built to track the performance of the S&P 500—representing 500 of the largest and most influential companies in the U.S. market. SPDR stands for Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipts, the original name of the fund. $SPY was the first ETF ever created and is still the largest ETF in the world today. Whether you’re a long-term investor, active trader, or just learning the market, SPY sits at the center of modern investing.

66k subscribers118 posts / mo in Sep 202665 authors / mosince 2010

r/spy has 66k members (+75% over the last 12 months). It gets about 118 posts a month from 65 people. Top topics: SPY Volatility Analysis, SPY Options Trading and Options Activity Updates.

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Size and growth

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+75%in 12 months · +5.4% in 3 months · +1.2% in 1 month
Oct 202666k
Growing66k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−70%vs Sep 2025 · −44% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026118
QuieterPeaked at 1.1k in Jun 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/spy

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. SPY Volatility Analysis16%
  2. SPY Options Trading12%
  3. Options Activity Updates2.4%
  4. Trading Insights2.2%
  5. Trading Losses1.4%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Wolfram
  2. Cnbc
  3. Substack
  4. Yahoo!
  5. TradingView

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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