About r/passive_income
In its own words:
The largest passive income community on the web—share wins, vet ideas, and learn what really works.
Community guide
r/passive_income (#834, about 1.3 million subscribers) — a passive income community—share wins, vet ideas, and learn what really works. A recent sample averaged 69 posts a day (~65% text, ~22% link, ~11% image). Its public rules include: All referral links must have a disclaimer; Don't be a jerk; Content must be relevant to Passive Income.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Match posts to: All referral links must have a disclaimer; Don't be a jerk; Content must be relevant to Passive Income.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change. Common flairs include: Seeking Advice/Help, Social Media, Referral Link, My Experience.
The community was created on Oct 3, 2012, which makes it 14 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 2,958 subscribers (+0.23%). It sits just behind r/WWE (#833) and ahead of r/evilbuildings (#835) in our ranking.
What sets r/passive_income apart
Compared with other large communities, r/passive_income leans heavily on text posts (65% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 35%). For its size it is unusually busy: about 53.8 new posts a day per million members, more than 86% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 2.02% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 98% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (15:00 UTC) sees about 3.4× as many posts as the quietest (06:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/passive_income climbed from 1,250,268 to 1,275,472 subscribers (+25.2K, +2.02%). That is about 494 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/passive_income this week
What the community upvoted most over the last seven days, as ranked by Reddit (collected Nov 8, 2026).
- [PART 2] I make recurring income from a piece of plastic on shop counters.u/Striking-Rutabaga657 · Nov 6 · image
- Dividends are the only truly passive income, but the early stages feel slow — so I turned tracking them into a cozy pixel farmu/Judemarley · Nov 3 · video
- Consistence mattersu/GreedyGo · Nov 2 · text post
- I wanted to build a small online business that could make recurring income. It just made its first $100.u/WorkerSome7813 · Nov 4 · text post
- Almost 1.5 years with ElevenLabs - $13 (€11) invested, $70.40 (€54.13) paid out so far - it's not much, but it's honest worku/CariolaMinze · Nov 5 · image
- People who make 2000 a month from home, what do you do?u/techh_9 · Nov 7 · text post
- How can i make 350/400$ a week working remotely these days?u/Relative-Layer · Nov 5 · text post
- Basically, create a business doing stuff people hate doing. Example: $8k/mo picking up dog poop.u/glhfbbq · Nov 7 · text post
- I've dedicated 6 years to the digital product business, and I've finally understood the entire game, why most people fail and what actually works.u/Acrobatic_Drink_2630 · Nov 7 · image
- Got my First 164$ for my Utility MacBook App in 2 months!!!u/shubham_iosdev · Nov 2 · image
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/passive_income, from 2020 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- Had an Idea for my university laundry room. We shall see how long it lastsu/ClothesOk1926 · Jan 20, 2025 · image
- Made an online course and it's become passiveu/mshappy · Apr 3, 2024 · image
- I tracked every "passive income" idea I tried over 2 years. Here's what actually made money and what was a complete waste of time.u/Existing-Ice221 · Mar 31, 2026 · text post
- Is this the easiest way to make passive income ever?u/anotherhappylurker · Jan 3, 2026 · image
- The tiny niche that felt too small… but now makes me 3k/month.u/Material-Escape1057 · Aug 13, 2025 · text post
- Laundry Hustle Update!u/ClothesOk1926 · Feb 1, 2025 · image
- rented out my extra chest freezer space to hunters during deer season and it somehow became a year round income streamu/freecurfew_9 · Mar 25, 2026 · text post
- Started doing tiny IT jobs for local businesses because nobody else wanted themu/eckoonian · May 11, 2026 · text post
- I actually "made" $500 solving captchas. Then came the payout day reality check.u/WorkerSome7813 · May 9, 2026 · text post
- Someone has been advertising a casino here for seven monthsu/glhfbbq · Aug 21, 2026 · image
What r/passive_income talks about
Looking at the titles of 458 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “money”, “income”, “side”, “looking” and “passive”. Other frequent themes are online, hustle, free, actually, earn and business. Recurring phrases include “passive income”, “side hustle”, “side hustles” and “making money”. By format, 65% are text posts, 22% are links and 11% are images.
Popular post flairs: Seeking Advice/Help (148), Social Media (80), Referral Link (54), My Experience (39), Offering Advice/Resource (38), Real Estate (35).
Activity and best time to post
r/passive_income gets about 69 new posts a day. The public archive holds 119,079 posts and 902,449 comments in total, about 7.6 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Monday (85 posts) and the quietest was Saturday (48). Posting peaks around 15:00 UTC and is lowest around 06:00 UTC.
Rules of r/passive_income
The moderators of r/passive_income list 3 rules. In short:
- All referral links must have a disclaimer
- Don't be a jerk
- Content must be relevant to Passive Income
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/passive_income 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/passive_income have?
r/passive_income has 1,275,472 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #834 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 25,204 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How old is r/passive_income?
r/passive_income was created on Oct 3, 2012, so it has been around for 14 years.
How active is r/passive_income?
Very active: r/passive_income gets about 69 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 119,079 posts and 902,449 comments. In a sample of 458 recent posts we counted 395 different authors.
When is r/passive_income most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Monday and the quietest Saturday, and most posts arrive around 15:00 UTC, with the fewest around 06:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/passive_income about?
The community describes itself as: “The largest passive income community on the web—share wins, vet ideas, and learn what really works.” Recent post titles often mention money, income, side, looking and passive. Most posts are text posts (65%).
Is r/passive_income safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/passive_income as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/passive_income?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/passive_income accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 3 posted rules, starting with: “All referral links must have a disclaimer”; “Don't be a jerk”; “Content must be relevant to Passive Income”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/passive_income?
Communities with similar topics include r/sidehustle (3.3M) and r/slowcooking (4.8M).
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/passive_income.