r/freelance

Articles of interest for freelancers and people who want to become one. Violating the rules (https://old.reddit.com/r/freelance/about/rules) will cause your post/comment will be removed and you will be banned permanently.

Members: 703,185
Created: 2008
Posts a day: 1
Avg comments, top posts this week: 70

r/freelance is a Reddit community with 703,185 members, created in 2008. It averaged about 1 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts had a median score of 28 and an average of 70 comments each. Client, clients and work are the words that show up most in recent titles. This month's top posts went up most often around 17:00 UTC, and most often on a Monday.

Only approved members can post in r/freelance.

Data checked October 18, 2026 · Open on Reddit

What people ask

63How do you get petty revenge on clients who stiff you?116 comments · September 9, 2026
71Client owes me $250 after I completed their website. Would you take the loss or pursue payment?107 comments · October 8, 2026
121Discovered a client executed my proposal with a cheaper freelancer. How do you protect your blueprints/ideas?104 comments · October 12, 2026
310Why do clients demand work immediately like they will die if not delivered urgently, but make the payments 2 months later ? Like our lives don’t depend on it ? So tired of this bullshit103 comments · September 20, 2026
27Startup founder wants me to sign an 8-page contract before telling me what the job is. Is this normal?76 comments · October 16, 2026
43How to deal with an unresponsive retainer client.72 comments · August 31, 2026

Common words in titles

client 9
clients 5
work 4
contract 3
later 3
freelance 2
normal 2
not 2
take 2
telling 2
wrong 2

Best time to post

17:00 UTC · 3 top posts
06:00 UTC · 2 top posts
02:00 UTC · 2 top posts
Monday · 6 top posts
Friday · 3 top posts

These are counted from the timestamps of this month's 15 top posts. They show when popular posts went up and don't guarantee reach.

Rules

No hiring or soliciting work
No advertising or self-promotion
No surveys or market research questions
No soliciting private messaging
No referral URLs or shortened links
No offtopic posts or comments
No bots or automated users
Follow Reddiquette
No duplicate posts

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Member growth

We started recording r/freelance member counts on October 18, 2026. Growth will show here once we have a few weeks of history.

Get this data from the API

Every number on this page comes from ChatterAPI's Reddit endpoints and is refreshed about once a week. You can pull the same data for any subreddit from your own code or AI agent.

curl "https://chatterapi.com/v1/reddit/subreddits/freelance" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CHATTERAPI_KEY"

{
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/freelance/",
    "name": "freelance",
    "nsfw": false,
    "title": "freelance",
    "createdAt": "2008-04-10T07:50:08.000Z",
    "description": "Articles of interest for freelancers and people who want to become one. Violating the rules (https://old.reddit.com/r/freelance/about/rules) will cause your post/comment will be removed and you will be banned permanently.",
    "subscribers": 703185
  },
  "credits": {
    "charged": 2
  }
}

Recorded response, October 18, 2026, trimmed.

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Questions about r/freelance

How many members does r/freelance have?

r/freelance had 703,185 members when we last checked on October 18, 2026.

How active is r/freelance?

Based on its newest posts, it got about 1 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts averaged 70 comments each.

When is the best time to post in r/freelance?

This month's top posts in r/freelance went up most often around 17:00 UTC, and most often on a Monday. That's when popular posts were published, so use it as a starting point, not a rule.

Can I get r/freelance data through an API?

Yes. Call GET /v1/reddit/subreddits/freelance for members, rules and description, and GET /v1/reddit/subreddits/freelance/posts for its posts. Each call costs 2 credits, and new accounts get 100 free credits.