r/Economics
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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 and welcome those who want to learn and those who want to contribute. We aim to foster an environment where everybody feels safe and welcomed and where people feel encouraged to have healthy and productive discuss
Members
5,240,534
as of February 2025
Last post
today
September 28, 2026
Posts (30 days)
100+
Created
2008
January 25, 2008
Total posts
361.8K
archived
Total comments
7.4M
archived
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How many members does r/Economics have?
r/Economics had 5,240,534 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
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No. r/Economics is active — the most recent post was today, with 100+ posts in the last 30 days.
When was r/Economics created?
r/Economics was created on January 25, 2008.
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