r/Bogleheads
Passive Indexing Community for Long-Term Lazy Investors
Founded May 2011 · Public — anyone can post
Bogleheads are passive investors who follow Jack Bogle's simple but powerful message to diversify with low-cost index funds and let compounding grow wealth. Jack founded Vanguard and pioneered indexed mutual funds. His work has since inspired others to get the most out of their long-term investments. Active managers want your money - our advice: keep it! How? Investing in broad-market low-cost indexes, diversified between equities and fixed income. Buy, hold, pay low fees, and stay the course!
Members
911,832
912K
Online now
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not captured in the last snapshot
Posts per day
16.6
from the last 100 posts, spanning 6.0 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 18
sampled Oct 18
Distinct posters
98%
of the last 100 posts
Tracking since Oct 18 · 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 18 — growth charts appear after a week of history.
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r/Bogleheads — frequently asked
How many members does r/Bogleheads have?
r/Bogleheads has 911,832 members as of our most recent crawl on Oct 18. 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/Bogleheads growing?
We don't have 30 days of snapshot history for r/Bogleheads yet, so we're not going to invent a growth number. We've been tracking it since Oct 18; the chart fills in as history accumulates.
How active is r/Bogleheads?
Around 16.6 posts per day, measured from the newest 100 posts on Reddit, which span 6.0 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/Bogleheads created?
r/Bogleheads was founded in May 2011 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/Bogleheads?
Of the last 100 posts we sampled, 98% came from distinct accounts; the newest was published Oct 18. 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/Bogleheads?
We don't have a promo-tolerance read for r/Bogleheads 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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