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

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Growth · 7d

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Growth · 30d

+0.7%

+8.5K members · ≈33d

Promo tolerance

high

read the sidebar rules first

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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?

We don't have a reliable posting-rate sample for r/Accounting yet. Subscriber count alone is a poor guide to whether a community is active, so treat this one as unverified until the next sample lands.

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.

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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