Economics subreddits
We found 26 active economics subreddits: communities with at least one new post a day on average in September 2026, ranked by members. The largest is r/Economics with 5.78M members. The busiest is r/economy, with 2,121 posts last month. None of the 17 we could measure is easy for a brand-new account: each removes more than 17% of posts from accounts under a week old or asks for a minimum account age or karma.
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- r/Economics5.78M members
- r/economy2,121 posts in September 2026
- r/oil+261% members in 12 months
- r/Wirtschaftsweise100% of posts get a reply
All active economics subreddits, by members
| # | Subreddit | Members | Posts / month | Member growth, 12 mo | Median author age | Women | Posts with a reply | New-account posts removed | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | r/Economics↗Reddit's largest economics community. Serving as a central forum for users to read, discuss, and learn more about topics related to the economic discipline. We have written rules to support this aim a | 5.78M | 679 | +3% | 34 | 16% | 96% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 2 | r/AskEconomics↗A central repository for questions about economic theory, research, and policy. Please read the rules before posting, as we remove all comments which break the rules. Answers must be in-depth and com | 1.46M | 608 | +5% | 30 | 14% | 100% | 67% | No |
| 3 | r/economy↗Forum for economy, business, politics, stocks, bonds, product releases, IPOs, advice, news, investment, videos, predictions, government, money, politics, debate, capitalism, current trends, and more. | 1.08M | 2,121 | +4% | 34 | 17% | 69% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 4 | r/EconomicHistory↗Welcome to r/EconomicHistory! Economic history is the study of economic phenomena in the past. This is a subreddit for any journal articles, news articles, discussions, questions, or other media perta | 1.03M | 124 | +1% | 33 | 13% | 49% | 44% | Yes |
| 5 | r/economicCollapse↗Articles and discussion relating to economic collapse. Topics may include (but are not limited to) inflation, deflation, the financial system, debt, economic instability and preparing for crisis. | 268K | 65 | +3% | 38 | 21% | 73% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 6 | r/inflation↗Welcome to r/inflation! This is a heavily moderated subreddit dedicated to truthful discussion in good faith about the macroeconomic inflation of 2020-today, primarily caused by the policies and chaos | 240K | 449 | +26% | 38 | 18% | 71% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 7 | r/oil↗Oil, gas, seismic science, engineering, and cool pictures of rigs. Everything you need to know about exploration, recoverable assets and pipelines. Posts must be on topic,directly about the oil indus | 144K | 1,288 | +261% | 39 | 11% | 89% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 8 | r/EconomyCharts↗Charts, graphs, diagrams and other visuals related to the economy! | 119K | 282 | +124% | 34 | 10% | 83% | 64% | Yes |
| 9 | r/BasicIncome↗A basic income guarantee is a system that regularly provides each citizen with a sum of money. Except for citizenship, a basic income is entirely unconditional. A basic income guarantee would radical | 86K | 158 | +2% | 31 | 18% | 45% | – | Yes |
| 10 | r/SpainEconomics↗r/SpainEconomics es un espacio público de calidad, técnico y especializado para el debate, el aprendizaje y la información sobre economía española. | 79K | 138 | +11% | 31 | 17% | 77% | 63% | Yes |
| 11 | r/austrian_economics↗A subreddit for the discussion of the Austrian School of Economics. If you're interested in learning more about Austrian ideas, we highly recommend checking out the Mises Institute: https://mises.org | 62K | 71 | +8% | 34 | 9% | 60% | 93% | Yes |
| 12 | r/Shortages↗This community facilitates the sharing of information on post-COVID shortages and observations of things in short supply in your area or line of work. | 57K | 63 | +51% | 39 | 39% | 75% | – | Yes |
| 13 | r/Capitalism↗A place to discuss Capitalism and capitalist interests on Reddit. | 56K | 233 | +5% | 27 | 14% | 66% | 100% | Yes |
| 14 | r/georgism↗Welcome to Georgism! | 50K | 198 | +30% | 32 | 12% | 84% | 21% | Yes |
| 15 | r/economicsmemes↗Banner by DefiantPosition. This is a place for educating lay persons in economic principles using condensed descriptions combined with imagery popularly associated with a stereotype or emotion - simpl | 50K | 88 | +23% | 30 | 11% | 99% | 97% | Yes |
| 16 | r/EU_Economics↗Evidence first. A 2024 University of Amsterdam study (source: https://benzatine.com/news-room/ai-bots-create-social-media-chaos-a-study-reveals-echo-chambers-and-extremism ) showed that even AI-only n | 48K | 1,247 | +180% | 35 | 11% | 33% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 17 | r/academiceconomics↗Unofficial discord: https://discord.gg/4qEc2yp | 47K | 206 | +37% | 24 | 28% | 64% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 18 | r/econometrics↗Econometric news, guides, etc. | 45K | 71 | +20% | 25 | 19% | 46% | 17% | Yes |
| 19 | r/UPI↗For discussions and questions related to Unified Payment Interface. | 32K | 657 | +173% | 23 | 16% | 100% | – | Yes |
| 20 | r/AusEcon↗AusEcon is a place to discuss Australian economic policy, data releases, state and federal budgets, RBA decisions, economic research and other developments relevant to the Australian economy. Some po | 29K | 157 | +6% | 36 | 17% | 78% | 44% | Yes |
| 21 | r/ProfessorFinance↗Welcome to ProfessorFinance We are a community for finance, economics, humor, and memes. Everyone is welcome to share their views. Please follow the rules and keep the discussion civil and polite. | 29K | 126 | +61% | 35 | 10% | 64% | – | Yes |
| 22 | r/Wirtschaftsweise↗Resilienz: Zukunftskraft für Mensch, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft und Planet. Wir brauchen einen Paradigmenwechsel, das Umschwenken auf eine Form von Resilienz, die eine dynamische Bewältigung von Krisen | 24K | 273 | +11% | 31 | 12% | 100% | 42% | Yes |
| 23 | r/mmt_economics↗This is a place to post links and discuss topics relating to Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). Economics can be a fractious discipline. Remember to judge arguments on merit, and not opinion. Offer cons | 19K | 83 | +22% | 38 | 11% | 62% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 24 | r/GarysEconomics↗Subreddit for discussion of all things related to Gary’s Economics | 16K | 76 | – | 36 | 10% | 82% | – | Yes |
| 25 | r/bondmarket↗The bond market is the world's largest securities market, worth well over $100 trillion dollars. PFP Credit: @CuteMeowUa on Pinterest | 15K | 33 | – | 39 | 11% | – | – | Yes |
| 26 | r/CollapseOfRussia↗Documenting Russia's downfall | 7.2K | 293 | – | 39 | 14% | 85% | – | Yes |
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How this list is built
Subreddits are grouped into topics by what their posts are about; this list holds the economics group. We include subreddits that are safe for work and had at least 30 new posts in September 2026, about one a day.
Members is Reddit's subscriber count; growth compares it with a year earlier. Posts with a reply is the share of posts that got at least one comment over the last three months. Median author age and women are estimated from what authors say about themselves, and shown only when enough of them did. New-account posts removed is the share of posts from accounts younger than 7 days that were removed; communities at or below 17% are marked new-account friendly. Min. age/karma means the subreddit asks for a minimum account age or karma before you can post.
The list is rebuilt every month from public Reddit posts and comments. Data and CSV are free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with a link to this page.
Economics subreddits: common questions
What is the biggest economics subreddit?
r/Economics, with 5.78M members in September 2026. Next are r/AskEconomics (1.46M) and r/economy (1.08M).
Which economics subreddits are the most active?
By posts in September 2026: r/economy (2,121 posts), r/oil (1,288 posts) and r/EU_Economics (1,247 posts).
Which economics subreddits can a new account post in?
None of them is easy for a brand-new account: each removes more than 17% of posts from accounts under a week old, or asks for a minimum account age or karma. See subreddits for new accounts.
How often is this list updated?
Every month, when we rebuild our subreddit data. This version uses data for September 2026. Member counts come from Reddit; activity, removals and who writes come from public Reddit posts and comments.
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