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r/badeconomics

The division of intelligence is limited by the extent of the internet

Founded February 2013 · Public — anyone can post

Updated Oct 17

A friend of mine once said: You know what the problem is with being an economist? Everyone has an opinion about the economy. Nobody goes up to a geologist and says, 'Igneous rocks are fucking bullshit.' This subreddit is the repository for all of the woeful, antiquated, or plain old misguided notions Redditors post about how the economy works.

Members

772,346

772K

Online now

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not captured in the last snapshot

Posts per day

0.2

from the last 100 posts, spanning 570.6 days

Comments per post

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no sample yet

Growth · 7d

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not enough history yet

Growth · 30d

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not enough history yet

Promo tolerance

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not assessed yet

Last post

Oct 12

sampled Oct 17

Distinct posters

30%

of the last 100 posts

Tracking since Oct 17 · 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.

Member growth

Tracking since Oct 17 — growth charts appear after a week of history.

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r/badeconomics — frequently asked

How many members does r/badeconomics have?

r/badeconomics has 772,346 members as of our most recent crawl on Oct 17. 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/badeconomics growing?

We don't have 30 days of snapshot history for r/badeconomics yet, so we're not going to invent a growth number. We've been tracking it since Oct 17; the chart fills in as history accumulates.

How active is r/badeconomics?

Around 0.2 posts per day, measured from the newest 100 posts on Reddit, which span 570.6 days. 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/badeconomics created?

r/badeconomics was founded in February 2013 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/badeconomics?

Of the last 100 posts we sampled, 30% came from distinct accounts; the newest was published Oct 12. 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/badeconomics?

We don't have a promo-tolerance read for r/badeconomics yet. Default to the safe approach: read the sidebar rules, contribute in threads where you gain nothing, and mention your product only when it is the honest answer to someone's question.

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r/badeconomics Subreddit Stats — 772K members, 0.2 posts/day