r/recruiting

Meeting the Right People.

Welcome, Recruiting & Talent Acquisition Professionals! Industry discussion space - Recruiters only. No candidates, ads, or research. **User Flairs are mandatory for all posts**

Members: 219,967
Created: 2010
Posts a day: 2
Avg comments, top posts this week: 24

r/recruiting is a Reddit community with 219,967 members, created in 2010. It averaged about 2 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts had a median score of 10 and an average of 24 comments each. Recruiter, recruiting and advice 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 Friday.

Only approved members can post in r/recruiting.

Data checked October 18, 2026 · Open on Reddit

What people ask

45What's the wildest reason a candidate gave for no-showing an interview?104 comments · October 15, 2026
94Anyone else.. tired? How many of you are considering a career change or have done so already?99 comments · September 21, 2026
32New recruiter struggling with validating SWE candidates — how do you spot genuine experience?79 comments · September 28, 2026
14What do people get wrong about AI in recruiting?70 comments · September 26, 2026
39The job market is crazy but as a recruiter I see local people getting work. What are you seeing on your side?48 comments · October 1, 2026
3834 reqs on deep tech roles and I'm fried. Am I crazy for wanting out?47 comments · October 13, 2026

Common words in titles

recruiter 6
recruiting 5
advice 4
job 4
agency 3
candidate 3
market 3
recruitment 3
roles 3
applications 2
ats 2
career 2

Best time to post

13:00 UTC · 5 top posts
18:00 UTC · 3 top posts
20:00 UTC · 3 top posts
Friday · 6 top posts
Thursday · 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

Posts must be related to recruiting, posted by Recruiters.
No Website Click-bait, self-promotion, astroturfing or product research
No Candidate Advice
No Job Posts/Advertising
AI in Recruiting-meaningful content only
No low-effort posts or cross-posting from other subs
No Harassment
No "How do I transition out of Recruitment" questions.
No how to start your own agency/recruiting business posts
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How to post in r/recruiting without breaking its rules

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Member growth

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

{
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/recruiting/",
    "name": "recruiting",
    "nsfw": false,
    "title": "Meeting the Right People.",
    "createdAt": "2010-12-19T21:04:31.000Z",
    "description": "Welcome, Recruiting & Talent Acquisition Professionals! Industry discussion space - Recruiters only. No candidates, ads, or research.\n\n**User Flairs are mandatory for all posts**",
    "subscribers": 219967
  },
  "credits": {
    "charged": 2
  }
}

Recorded response, October 18, 2026, trimmed.

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Questions about r/recruiting

How many members does r/recruiting have?

r/recruiting had 219,967 members when we last checked on October 18, 2026.

How active is r/recruiting?

Based on its newest posts, it got about 2 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts averaged 24 comments each.

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

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

Can I get r/recruiting data through an API?

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