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r/whitecoatinvestor↗

White Coat Investor - Helping physicians avoid financial mistakes and build wealth since 2011.

This subreddit is a place where high income professionals of all types can ask, answer, discuss, and debate the personal finance and investing questions specific to our unique situations without being criticized, ostracized, or downvoted simply for having a high income and "first world" problems. This includes physicians, dentists, attorneys, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and others with high incomes.

136k subscribers187 posts / mo in Sep 2026159 authors / mosince 2018

r/whitecoatinvestor has 136k members (+21% over the last 12 months). It gets about 187 posts a month from 159 people. Top topics: RothIRANavigations, Student Loans & Finance and Student Loan Forbearance & Forgiveness.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+21%in 12 months · +2.9% in 3 months · +0.5% in 1 month
Oct 2026136k
Growing136k subscribers
Data since Sep 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−32%vs Sep 2025 · −29% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026187
QuieterPeaked at 478 in Jul 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/whitecoatinvestor

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. RothIRANavigations7.0%
  2. Student Loans & Finance1.5%
  3. Student Loan Forbearance & Forgiveness1.2%
  4. Retirement Accounts & Plans0.9%
  5. Vanguard Investing & Retirement0.8%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Bogleheads
  2. Student Loan Planner
  3. Vanguard
  4. My Solo 401k Financial
  5. CMS

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