r/investing

Lose money with friends!

Members: 3,477,491
Created: 2008
Posts a day: 13
Avg comments, top posts this week: 82

r/investing is a Reddit community with 3,477,491 members, created in 2008. It averaged about 13 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts had a median score of 49 and an average of 82 comments each. Market, stock and investment are the words that show up most in recent titles. This month's top posts went up most often around 13:00 UTC, and most often on a Thursday.

Only approved members can post in r/investing.

Data checked October 18, 2026 · Open on Reddit

What people ask

1,917Does anyone else feel that we’re heading towards a financial crisis?1,308 comments · September 21, 2026
229With Treasury yields above 5%, what would make you choose stocks over bonds right now?405 comments · October 14, 2026
225Why shouldn't I buy bonds (3+y) right now?390 comments · September 24, 2026
405Why is the stock market climbing ever since Walsh increased rates?296 comments · September 19, 2026
273How do you decide when to cash out your position?290 comments · September 23, 2026
320Why are people freaking out about bonds now vs 2022?267 comments · September 27, 2026

Common words in titles

market 7
stock 6
investment 4
treasury 4
advice 3
biggest 3
bonds 3
coreweave 3
general 3
investors 3
since 3
above 2

Best time to post

13:00 UTC · 6 top posts
12:00 UTC · 3 top posts
10:00 UTC · 3 top posts
Thursday · 6 top posts
Wednesday · 5 top posts

These are counted from the timestamps of this month's 25 top posts. They show when popular posts went up and don't guarantee reach.

Rules

No low effort posts
Do not make posts looking for personal finance advice.
Keep discussions civil, informative and polite.
Strictly no (self-)promotion or solicitation
General corporate news and political posts guidelines
Effort: Posts must meet standards of effort
Original Sourcing: articles posted must be from the orignal source on a best efforts basis
Good faith discussions and comments only

How to post in r/investing without breaking its rules

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Member growth

We started recording r/investing 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/investing" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CHATTERAPI_KEY"

{
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/",
    "name": "investing",
    "nsfw": false,
    "title": "Lose money with friends!",
    "createdAt": "2008-03-15T12:19:48.000Z",
    "description": null,
    "subscribers": 3477491
  },
  "credits": {
    "charged": 2
  }
}

Recorded response, October 18, 2026, trimmed.

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Questions about r/investing

How many members does r/investing have?

r/investing had 3,477,491 members when we last checked on October 18, 2026.

How active is r/investing?

Based on its newest posts, it got about 13 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts averaged 82 comments each.

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

This month's top posts in r/investing went up most often around 13:00 UTC, and most often on a Thursday. That's when popular posts were published, so use it as a starting point, not a rule.

Can I get r/investing data through an API?

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