r/financialindependence
r/financialindependence is a Business & Career community on Reddit with 2,447,469 members, ranking #9 of 1,896 in Business & Career. This is a place for people who are or want to become Financially Independent (FI), which means not having to work for money. Financial Independence is closely related to the concept of Early Retirement/Retiring Early (RE) - quitting your job/career and pursuing other activities with your time. At its core, FI/RE is about maximizing your savings rate (through less spending and/or higher income) to
How big is r/financialindependence?
Created in 2011, r/financialindependence has had over a decade to grow and is a major community by Reddit standards. Within Business & Career it ranks #9 of 1,896 communities we track — the top 0.5% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 4,394× the median Business & Career subreddit, which has 557 members. It is a work-safe community with no 18+ flag on Reddit.
For scale, the largest Business & Career community we track is r/Entrepreneur with 5,236,616 members — roughly 2 times the size of r/financialindependence. Reddit itself launched in 2005, so a subreddit created in 2011 sits in the middle wave of community building on the platform. Subscriber counts indicate reach, not activity — a large community can be quiet, and a smaller one busy. Open r/financialindependence on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.
| Members | 2,447,469 |
|---|---|
| Category | Business & Career |
| Rank in category | #9 of 1,896 |
| Created | 2011 |
| Category median size | 557 members |
| Content rating | Work-safe (SFW) |
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