r/work
r/work is a Business & Career community on Reddit with 281,884 members, ranking #90 of 1,896 in Business & Career. Working life, good and bad. Jobs, careers, management, burnout, promotions, quitting, boredom, and the parts of work nobody puts in the job description.
How big is r/work?
Created in 2008, r/work has had over a decade to grow and is a large community by Reddit standards. Within Business & Career it ranks #90 of 1,896 communities we track — the top 4.7% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 506× 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 19 times the size of r/work. Reddit itself launched in 2005, so a subreddit created in 2008 sits in the early 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/work on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.
| Members | 281,884 |
|---|---|
| Category | Business & Career |
| Rank in category | #90 of 1,896 |
| Created | 2008 |
| Category median size | 557 members |
| Content rating | Work-safe (SFW) |
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