r/BehavioralEconomics is a subreddit with 58k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and ideas, and the community frequently discusses behavioural economics, behavioural, review paper, workshop, and research assistant.
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Popular Themes in r/BehavioralEconomics
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Advice Requests
: "What Are the Best Resources to Learn Consumer Psychology?"
7 posts
#2
Ideas
: "What's your best business idea using BE?"
2 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Hey everyone, do you ever feel like losing a small amount like $100 or $1,000 stings way harder than the joy of making $10,000?! I’ve noticed this isn’t just me; so many people seem to struggle with this exact same thing."
1 post
Popular Topics in r/BehavioralEconomics
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Behavioural Economics
2 posts
#2
Behavioural
: "Why does good Behavioural science evaporate by the time it reaches the actual campaign?"
2 posts
#3
Review Paper
1 post
#4
Workshop
1 post
#5
Research Assistant
1 post
#6
Research
1 post
#7
Incentives
1 post
Flair Used in r/BehavioralEconomics
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Ideas & Concepts
: "Funeral home arrangement rooms apply at least three documented psychological principles simultaneously, and a federal law exists today because a journalist spent a year documenting exactly how."
25 posts
#2
Question
: "Paying for exactly what you ordered is fair, so why did it make dinner feel colder?"
17 posts
#3
Research Article
: "Dating apps may be a non-clearing market: congestion, cheap signaling, and why rational behavior produces bad outcomes"
14 posts
#4
Survey
: "What's your best business idea using BE?"
13 posts
#5
Career & Education
: "Has anyone here taken a completely different career route after 30?"
6 posts
#6
Events
: "Stuck on a moderate or major life choice?"
4 posts
#7
Resources
: "AI drafts might be the fastest-acting anchor bias has ever had"
2 posts
#8
Miscellaneous
: "Real world example"
2 posts
#9
Media
: "Why everything wants you to subscribe?"
2 posts
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Last updated: October 2, 2026