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About r/economy

In its own words:

Forum for economy, business, politics, stocks, bonds, product releases, IPOs, advice, news, investment, videos, predictions, government, money, politics, debate, capitalism, current trends, and more.

The community was created on Mar 31, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 646 subscribers (+0.06%).

Subscriber growth

Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/economy went up from 1,081,683 to 1,085,572 subscribers (+3.9K, +0.36%). That is about 88 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.

What r/economy talks about

We read the titles of 114 recent posts (Nov 1–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “trump”, “market”, “debt”, “prices” and “democrats”. Other frequent themes are spending, billion, war, real, congress and stock. By format, 50% are links, 24% are text posts and 15% are videos.

trump 12
market 7
debt 6
prices 5
democrats 5
spending 5
billion 5
war 4
real 4
congress 4
stock 4
election 4
slow 4
national 4
money 4
economic 4
tax 4
gas 3

Activity and best time to post

The public archive holds 311,528 posts and 3,569,664 comments in total, about 11.5 comments per post.

Links 50%Text posts 24%Videos 15%Images 11%

Rules of r/economy

The moderators of r/economy list 8 rules. In short:

Be Friendly
No duplicates/reposts
Derailing discussion
Ranting without reading
Intentionally misleading editorialized headlines
No political advertising such as PAC campaign material
No AI-generated images or ChatGPT-generated articles without a disclaimer.
8 posts per day maximum per user

How to join

Open reddit.com/r/economy and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.

Frequently asked questions

How many members does r/economy have?

r/economy has 1,085,572 subscribers, which makes it the #979 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 3,889 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.

How old is r/economy?

r/economy was created on Mar 31, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.

How active is r/economy?

Over its lifetime the archive counts 311,528 posts and 3,569,664 comments. In a sample of 114 recent posts we counted 85 different authors.

What is r/economy about?

The community describes itself as: “Forum for economy, business, politics, stocks, bonds, product releases, IPOs, advice, news, investment, videos, predictions, government, money, politics, debate, capitalism, current trends, and more.” Recent post titles often mention trump, market, debt, prices and democrats. Most posts are links (50%).

Is r/economy safe for work?

Yes. Reddit does not mark r/economy as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.

How do I post on r/economy?

Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/economy accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “Be Friendly”; “No duplicates/reposts”; “Derailing discussion”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.

Which communities are like r/economy?

Communities with similar topics include r/politics (9.3M), r/investing (3.5M), r/MemeEconomy (1.9M), r/business (2.6M) and r/awfuleverything (1.4M).

Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 7, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/economy.

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