About r/stocks
In its own words:
The most serious place on Reddit for Stock related discussions! Don't hesitate to tell us about a ticker we should know about, market news, or financial education. Check out our WIKI that has beginner & advanced topics on both investing & trading.
The community was created on Jun 27, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 4,808 subscribers (+0.05%). Among the 10 communities on our investing list it is the largest. It sits just behind r/cats (#82) and ahead of r/politics (#84) in our ranking.
What sets r/stocks apart
r/stocks is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 99% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 17% across the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (18:00 UTC) sees about 3.0× as many posts as the quietest (03:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/stocks went up from 9,369,962 to 9,393,596 subscribers (+23.6K, +0.25%). That is about 591 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Top posts on r/stocks this week
The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Oct 30, 2026).
- Anthropic just filed to go public. $16.3 BILLION in revenue in six months… and an $80.7 BILLION reported loss.u/Designer-League9544 · Oct 26 · text post
- SpaceX just secured $40 BILLION to buy AI chips......$40 billion just for chips.u/Designer-League9544 · Oct 25 · text post
- Amazon is spending $220 BILLION on AI… and still can't keep up with demand.u/Designer-League9544 · Oct 24 · text post
- Alphabet’s free cash flow sinks further, Q3 capex expectations miss in worrying sign for AI tradeu/Puginator · Oct 28 · text post
- SpaceX could be on the cusp of buying 80,000 cell towers in a bid to really challenge Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobileu/app1310 · Oct 23 · text post
- I love Anthropic's products, BUT I think their S1 is a far more scarier than people let on.u/Josiahhenryus · Oct 26 · text post
- GOOGL: Everyone Was Bullish Yesterday, Now Google Is Suddenly Dead?u/98Saman · Oct 29 · text post
- Did anyone notice Kevin Warsh used the term ‘super intelligence’ in the FOMC presser? Has the Fed clearly lost independence?u/BGID_to_the_moon · Oct 29 · text post
- Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to 60,000 employees as AI leads to efficiency pushu/urfaselol · Oct 26 · text post
- GOOG ⬇️ 10%: Still the strongest AI stock despite the noise of Search! 14 P/E, $514B Cloud Backlog and $62B TPU Silicon Printing press.u/Baabic · Oct 28 · text post
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/stocks, from 2021 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- It's fucking awful seeing the "Silver" misinformation campaign everywhere I lookFeb 1, 2021 · text post
- Companies try to prevent people from trading GME and AMCu/rotloch · Jan 28, 2021 · text post
- PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST ASKED THE SUPREME COURT FOR THE AUTHORITY TO FIRE FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIR JEROME POWELLu/Tiny-Injury · Apr 10, 2025 · text post
- Now we know. It was Retail CEOS who got to Trump on Mondayu/Epicurus-fan · Apr 24, 2025 · text post
- America is going to get rocked. China, Japan, South Korea will jointly respond to US tariffs, Chinese state media saysu/Rainyfriedtofu · Mar 31, 2025 · text post
- China Officially Makes Statement Stating That All Tariffs Are Remaining On American Good And The Country Is "Not" Interested In Negotiationsu/Onnimation · Apr 29, 2025 · text post
- Today is a dark day for tradersu/Ellen_Pirgo · Jan 28, 2021 · text post
- Fox Reporter Says the Trump White House Is Giving Wall Street Executives Inside Info on Tariff Negotiationsu/GaussInTheHouse · Apr 24, 2025 · text post
- Trump Slams Amazon's Tariff Labeling as ‘Hostile, Political’ Moveu/eteplirsen · Apr 29, 2025 · text post
- Market in Free fall, approx 10 hours left for USA futures to open and Trump hasn't taken any action or said any word to show his leadership.u/SpiritBombv2 · Apr 6, 2025 · text post
What r/stocks talks about
Across 335 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “stock”, “anthropic”, “market”, “buy” and “earnings”. Other frequent themes are billion, ipo, buying, actually, sell and meta. Recurring phrases include “stock market”, “daily discussion”, “elon musk” and “wall street”. By format, 99% are text posts and 1% are links.
Popular post flairs: Company Discussion (30), Advice Request (28), Company News (27), Advice (18), Industry News (10), Broad market news (10).
Activity and best time to post
r/stocks gets about 48 new posts a day. The public archive holds 449,422 posts and 8,556,682 comments in total, about 19.0 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Tuesday (70 posts) and the quietest was Saturday (32). Posting peaks around 18:00 UTC and is lowest around 03:00 UTC.
Rules of r/stocks
The moderators of r/stocks list 8 rules. In short:
- Disclose related positions
- No spam or self-promotion
- Context and Effort
- No Robinhood posts
- No trolling, insulting, or harassing
- No cryptocoin discussions unrelated to stocks
- No penny stock or OTC discussions
- Stay on topic
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/stocks 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/stocks have?
r/stocks has 9,393,596 subscribers (Oct 29, 2026), which makes it the #83 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 23,634 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.
When was r/stocks created?
r/stocks was created on Jun 27, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
Is r/stocks still active?
Yes. r/stocks gets about 48 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 449,422 posts and 8,556,682 comments. In a sample of 335 recent posts we counted 264 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/stocks?
Based on post counts from Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026, the busiest day was Tuesday and the quietest Saturday, and most posts arrive around 18:00 UTC, with the fewest around 03:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/stocks?
The community describes itself as: “The most serious place on Reddit for Stock related discussions! Don't hesitate to tell us about a ticker we should know about, market news, or financial education. Check out our WIKI that has beginner & advanced topics …” Recent post titles often mention stock, anthropic, market, buy and earnings. Most posts are text posts (99%).
Is r/stocks SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/stocks as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/stocks?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/stocks accepts text posts only, with galleries enabled. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “Disclose related positions”; “No spam or self-promotion”; “Context and Effort”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/stocks?
Communities with similar topics include r/StockMarket (4.1M), r/investing (3.5M), r/personalfinance (21.9M), r/realestateinvesting (2M) and r/wallstreetbets (20.4M).
Stats from public data (data updated Oct 29, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Oct 29, 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/stocks.