r/excel is a subreddit with 884k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses excel, formula, struggling, struggling with, and data, and they frequently recommend/review programming language, no code tools, and tablet.
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Popular Themes in r/excel
#1
Solution Requests
: "Is it possible to read a 4.3+GB CVS File?"
27 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "If you could recommend one Excel thing to learn for someone with only basic Excel skills, what would it be?"
9 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "What are your top pet peeves with Excel?"
3 posts
Popular Topics in r/excel
#1
Excel
: "When will Excel nut up and allow table columns to be used as data validation drop-down lists?"
437 posts
#2
Formula
: "Formula-Driven Angular Color Fields"
54 posts
#3
Struggling
38 posts
#4
Struggling With
29 posts
#5
Data
: "How do Data analysts clean and filter a 500k-row Dataset efficiently?"
25 posts
#6
Vba
: "Is it worth learning Vba in 2026, or should I shift to Office Scripts? (Confused about my workplace dynamic)"
12 posts
#7
Sheet
: "Power query how to add identical items from two workSheets"
11 posts
#8
Automation
: "Report Automation: split an Excel file and email to individual recipients"
10 posts
#9
Formatting
: "Can I quickly format a list of municipalities (Town, Village, City, etc) with random Formatting?"
10 posts
#10
Power Query
: "After 5 years of building PMO reports in Excel, I'm questioning my entire workflow. VBA, Office Scripts, Power Query, or Python — what would you pick in 2026?"
9 posts
Products Discussed in r/excel
Programming Language
23 reviews
#1
Microsoft
3.7★ from 9 reviews
#2
Python
5.0★ from 5 reviews
#3
Power Query
4.7★ from 3 reviews
No Code Tools
9 reviews
#1
Alteryx
3.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
DataRobot
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
axcel.io
5.0★ from 1 review
Tablet
6 reviews
#1
Microsoft
4.8★ from 4 reviews
#2
Logitech
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Surface
3.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/excel
#1
unsolved
: "How to remove this copilot thing ?"
141 posts
#2
Discussion
: "Do people still prefer Excel over Google Sheets for daily work?"
46 posts
#3
Pro Tip
: "Game teaches you Excel shortcuts!"
8 posts
#4
solved
: "Built an invoice generator in Excel with VBA —
PDF export, customer DB, invoice history.
Here's what it looks like."
2 posts
#5
Waiting on OP
: "Any other way to keep header at top"
2 posts
#6
Weekly Recap
: "This Week's /r/Excel Recap for the week of June 06 - June 12, 2026"
1 post
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Yearly
+87k members(10.9%)
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Last updated: June 22, 2026