r/economy

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 Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 666 subscribers (+0.06%). Among the 9 communities on our economics list it is number 3 by size. It sits just behind r/pathofexile (#979) and ahead of r/playboicarti (#981) in our ranking.

What sets r/economy apart

For its size it is unusually busy: about 59.0 new posts a day per million members, more than 88% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (13:00 UTC) sees about 5.1× as many posts as the quietest (03:00 UTC).

Subscriber growth

Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/economy went up from 1,081,683 to 1,086,238 subscribers (+4.6K, +0.42%). That is about 89 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.

Top posts on r/economy this week

This week’s highest-ranked posts, in Reddit’s own order (collected Nov 8, 2026).

1. Daycare costs $2k/month. Workers make $15/hr. Where's it going?u/next_heartbreaker · Nov 7 · image
2. This is the Perfect picture of this Year ⛽️🛢💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💳💸💳🏷u/RunThePlay55 · Nov 2 · image
3. Greed will be the downfall of mankind. And meanwhile, we watch in slow motion as animals and nature suffer.u/Specialist-Yogurt-71 · Nov 1 · video
4. They know it. Our mistake is to believe they care.u/GlobalProcedure1731 · Nov 5 · image
5. Elizabeth Warren will take over the Senate Banking Committee next year. Expect hearings.u/coinfanking · Nov 7 · link
6. Taxpayers 'spend $93,000' on Ivanka Trump's Moroccan birthday vacationu/IrishStarUS · Nov 6 · link
7. 50 years of "Trickle Down" didn't work; it's time to try something different.u/WebPage_Error404 · Nov 6 · image
8. All of a sudden republicans now want to address the issues after losing?u/Shaheeer99 · Nov 5 · text post
9. Elon Musk Lit Half A Billion Dollars On Fire In Texas Last Nightu/jonfla · Nov 4 · link
10. That's where all your money went....u/Various-Egg-156 · Nov 3 · image

All-time top posts

The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/economy, from 2020 to 2025, ranked by Reddit.

1. Sanders Says Stop Busting People for Marijuana and Start 'Prosecuting Crooks on Wall Street'u/Defiant_Race_7544 · Jun 3, 2022 · 82,104 points · 2,519 comments · link
2. Putin has amassed enormous wealth for himself and the oligarchs that support him. Is the state of wealth inequality really so different in America? The top 1% of Americans own more wealth than the en…u/failed_evolution · Mar 2, 2022 · 81,907 points · 5,029 comments · link
3. “Self Made”u/UnionPacific1 · Apr 26, 2022 · 80,834 points · 8,281 comments · image
4. Explain why cancelling $1,900,000,000,000 in student debt is a “handout”, but a $1,900,000,000,000 tax cut for rich people was a “stimulus”.u/failed_evolution · Apr 28, 2022 · 76,706 points · 9,782 comments · link
5. America is the only country in the world where 700 billionaires can become $1.7 trillion richer during the pandemic & pay a lower tax rate than a nurse while 46 million owe $1.7 trillion in student d…u/failed_evolution · Apr 14, 2022 · 47,181 points · 3,058 comments · link
6. Ending federal cannabis ban expected to get vote in U.S. House this weeku/Defiant_Race_7544 · Mar 27, 2022 · 44,104 points · 2,182 comments · link
7. 88% Of Americans Say U.S. Is On Wrong Tracku/wakeup2019 · Jul 7, 2022 · 43,356 points · 4,494 comments · link
8. “All the Covid stay-at-home stuff has tricked people into thinking that you don't actually need to work hard" said the billionaire oligarch who has received billions in federal loans and tax breaks. …u/failed_evolution · May 28, 2022 · 39,730 points · 2,609 comments · link
9. Teacher With $303K Student Debt Says Biden's $10K Relief Plan Not Enoughu/fuckmacedonia · Jun 6, 2022 · 28,318 points · 6,855 comments · link
10. They tell us pay rises should not keep pace with inflation. They have no such qualms about corporate profits racing ahead of both.u/failed_evolution · Jun 21, 2022 · 28,161 points · 1,366 comments · link

What r/economy talks about

We read the titles of 488 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “trump”, “prices”, “market”, “billion” and “inflation”. Other frequent themes are debt, spending, stock, oil, costs and fed. Recurring phrases include “stock market”, “wall street”, “national debt” and “third quarter”. By format, 52% are links, 22% are text posts and 13% are images.

• trump 44
• prices 21
• market 20
• billion 19
• inflation 19
• debt 18
• spending 17
• stock 17
• oil 17
• costs 16
• fed 16
• million 15
• americans 14
• money 14
• midterms 13
• tax 13
• economic 13
• gas 12

Activity and best time to post

r/economy gets about 64 new posts a day. The public archive holds 311,528 posts and 3,569,664 comments in total, about 11.5 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Friday (99 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (52). Posting peaks around 13:00 UTC and is lowest around 03:00 UTC.

Rules of r/economy

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

1. Be Friendly
2. No duplicates/reposts
3. Derailing discussion
4. Ranting without reading
5. Intentionally misleading editorialized headlines
6. No political advertising such as PAC campaign material
7. No AI-generated images or ChatGPT-generated articles without a disclaimer.
8. 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

Stats from public data (data updated Nov 9, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 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.