r/Economics
5.8M members
r/Economics is a subreddit with 5.8M members. The most common kinds of discussions are news and money talk, and the community frequently discusses worst, economy, struggling, us, and china.
Reddit's largest economics community. Serving as a central forum for users to read, discuss, and learn more about topics related to the economic discipline. We have written rules to support this aim and welcome those who want to learn and those who want to contribute. We aim to foster an environment where everybody feels safe and welcomed and where people feel encouraged to have healthy and productive discuss
Popular Themes in r/Economics
#1
News
: "Mark Carney says Canada is now ‘at war’ with US over trade"
55 posts
#2
Money Talk
: "US can afford universal health care. We’re already paying for it."
12 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "The Job Market Is Hell - Young people are using ChatGPT to write their applications; HR is using AI to read them; no one is getting hired."
5 posts
Popular Topics in r/Economics
#1
Worst
25 posts
#2
Economy
21 posts
#3
Struggling
21 posts
#4
Us
19 posts
#5
China
9 posts
#6
Growth
6 posts
#7
Tariffs
6 posts
#8
Struggling To
5 posts
#9
Jobs
5 posts
#10
Market
5 posts
Flair Used in r/Economics
#1
News
: "The trump admin offers Iran full sanctions relief in exchange for returning strait of Hormuz back to status quo before war."
123 posts
#2
Editorial
: "US can afford universal health care. We’re already paying for it."
10 posts
#3
Research
: "American Economic Review (Top-tier peer-reviewed journal) "The US economy has performed better when the president of the United States is a Democrat rather than a Republican, almost regardless of how one measures performance""
9 posts
#4
Statistics
: "Trump deportations take a bite out of an unexpected industry: US fast food — A sector that relies on population increases for sales growth struggles with new reality of fewer mouths to feed"
6 posts
#5
Blog
: "Why Canada’s Counter-Tariff Is More Than ‘Dollar for Dollar’"
2 posts
#6
Research Summary
: "At Least 88 Profitable U.S. Corporations Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2025"
2 posts
#7
Interview
: "Moody economist Zandi on the days of reckoning for US economy"
1 post
Member Growth in r/Economics
Yearly
+176k members(3.1%)
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Last updated: September 10, 2026