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USA Jobs - For those interested in the federal workplace

This subreddit is for all those interested in working for the United States federal government. Since the application process itself is often nothing short of herculean and time-consuming to boot, this place is meant to serve as a talking ground to answer questions, better improve applications, and increase one's chance of being 'Referred'. This subreddit is not affiliated, sponsored, or in any way supported by the US Federal Government.

206k subscribers821 posts / mo in Sep 2026603 authors / mosince 2015

r/usajobs has 206k members. It gets about 821 posts a month from 603 people. Top topics: Job Hiring Timeline, Job Interviews and Federal vs Private Sector Jobs.

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Size and growth

How r/usajobs has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+4.2%since May 2026 · +2.1% in 3 months · +0.5% in 1 month
Oct 2026206k
Growing206k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Feb 2015)
Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+2.6%vs Sep 2025 · −2.2% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026821
BusierPeaked at 3.2k in Jan 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/usajobs

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Job Hiring Timeline15%
  2. Job Interviews3.1%
  3. Federal vs Private Sector Jobs2.7%
  4. Job Search and Networking2.1%
  5. Job References1.5%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Reddit Help
  2. United States Department of State
  3. LinkedIn
  4. eCFR
  5. The White House

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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