r/Accounting

Founded April 2009 · Public — anyone can post

Updated Sep 13

Primarily for accountants and aspiring accountants to learn about and discuss their career choice. Advice and questions welcome.

Members

1,282,755

1.3M

Online now

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not captured in the last snapshot

Posts per day

75.1

from the last 100 posts, spanning 31.7h

Comments per post

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no sample yet

Growth · 7d

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not enough history yet

Growth · 30d

+0.7%

+8.5K members · ≈33d

Promo tolerance

high

read the sidebar rules first

Last post

Sep 13

sampled Sep 13

Distinct posters

96%

of the last 100 posts

Tracking since Aug 11 · growth spans are the real distance between snapshots, not rounded windows. Posts/day is measured from the community’s own newest posts on Reddit, not from what Prowlo happens to crawl.

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r/Accounting — frequently asked

How many members does r/Accounting have?

r/Accounting has 1,282,755 members as of our most recent crawl on Sep 13. Prowlo re-checks tracked communities on a rolling schedule, so this figure moves rather than sitting frozen at whatever it was when a scraper last ran.

Is r/Accounting growing?

Over the last ≈33 days r/Accounting changed by +0.7% — a gain of 8.5K members. We compare against the nearest snapshot we actually hold and state the real span rather than rounding it to a clean "30 days".

How active is r/Accounting?

Around 75.1 posts per day, measured from the newest 100 posts on Reddit, which span 31.7h. Posting rate matters more than subscriber count when you're deciding where to spend your time — it determines how long your comment stays visible.

When was r/Accounting created?

r/Accounting was founded in April 2009 and is a public — anyone can post community. Age matters: an older community with steady growth has survived Reddit's moderation churn; a young one with a spike may not.

Who posts in r/Accounting?

Of the last 100 posts we sampled, 96% came from distinct accounts; the newest was published Sep 13. A low share means a feed dominated by a handful of accounts (bots, mods, or one prolific poster) rather than a community.

Can I promote my product in r/Accounting?

Our read on r/Accounting is high promo tolerance. It has a promo-friendly culture or a dedicated thread, but that still means being useful first. Always read the sidebar rules before you post; moderator enforcement is the thing that actually decides.

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