r/BehavioralEconomics is a subreddit with 56k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses behavioral economics, research, survey, psychology, and economics.
The Study of Decision-Making and Choice Architecture
Popular Themes in r/BehavioralEconomics
#1
Advice Requests
: "Advice for a Money Psychology app in the making"
2 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "The "pain of paying" research explains why
most people can't stick to a budget —
and it has nothing to do with willpower"
1 post
#3
Ideas
: "Is needed economic growth a function of population increase or people’s desires?"
1 post
#4
Opportunities
: "Looking for participants for an experiment for a behavioral economics - master thesis"
1 post
#5
Self-Promotion
: "I wrote a behavioral economics book for younger readers: The Choice Carnival"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/BehavioralEconomics
#1
Behavioral Economics
: "Behavioral Economics study: portfolio decisions under simulated market conditions (18+)"
116 posts
#2
Research
27 posts
#3
Survey
21 posts
#4
Psychology
13 posts
#5
Economics
12 posts
#6
Nudges
11 posts
#7
Behavioral
10 posts
#8
Decision Making
: "Weekly Discussion Group on Decision-Making Fundamentals"
9 posts
#9
Bias
7 posts
#10
Career
7 posts
Flair Used in r/BehavioralEconomics
#1
Question
: "Paying for exactly what you ordered is fair, so why did it make dinner feel colder?"
42 posts
#2
Ideas & Concepts
: "Hotel rooms apply at least four distinct behavioral mechanisms simultaneously. One of them just got significant enough to trigger a federal ruling."
40 posts
#3
Research Article
: "Dating apps may be a non-clearing market: congestion, cheap signaling, and why rational behavior produces bad outcomes"
31 posts
#4
Survey
: "University behavioral economics study, need 500 participants, please help"
31 posts
#5
Media
: "Anchoring bias in salary negotiation, why negotiating harder on their number is the wrong move"
11 posts
#6
Career & Education
: "Incentive Systems"
10 posts
#7
Resources
: "AI drafts might be the fastest-acting anchor bias has ever had"
6 posts
#8
Events
: "Stuck on a moderate or major life choice?"
6 posts
#9
Miscellaneous
: "Real world example"
4 posts
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Last updated: August 29, 2026