r/stocks

Stocks - Investing and trading for all

Founded June 2008 · Public — anyone can post

Updated Sep 25

The most serious place on Reddit for Stock related discussions! Don't hesitate to tell us about a ticker we should know about, market news, or financial education. Check out our WIKI that has beginner & advanced topics on both investing & trading.

Members

9,373,914

9.4M

Online now

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not captured in the last snapshot

Posts per day

10.1

from the last 100 posts, spanning 9.8 days

Comments per post

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no sample yet

Growth · 7d

+0.0%

+4.1K members · ≈7d

Growth · 30d

+0.2%

+21K members · ≈30d

Promo tolerance

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not assessed yet

Last post

Sep 25

sampled Sep 25

Distinct posters

71%

of the last 100 posts

Tracking since Aug 9 · 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/stocks — frequently asked

How many members does r/stocks have?

r/stocks has 9,373,914 members as of our most recent crawl on Sep 25. 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/stocks growing?

Over the last ≈30 days r/stocks changed by +0.2% — a gain of 21K 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/stocks?

Around 10.1 posts per day, measured from the newest 100 posts on Reddit, which span 9.8 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/stocks created?

r/stocks was founded in June 2008 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/stocks?

Of the last 100 posts we sampled, 71% came from distinct accounts; the newest was published Sep 25. 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/stocks?

We don't have a promo-tolerance read for r/stocks 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.

How do I monitor r/stocks for mentions?

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Can my AI agent read r/stocks's stats?

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