r/excel is a subreddit with 896k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses excel, struggling, formula, struggling with, and struggling with formulas, and they frequently recommend/review programming language, no code tools, and tablet.
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Popular Themes in r/excel
#1
Solution Requests
: "How do I make Excel automatically highlight duplicates but only if they occur more than twice?"
78 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Best way to learn Excel in 2026?"
16 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Pasting a long number into a cell changes last digits to zeros"
6 posts
#4
Ideas
: "I wanted to see what Excel formulas could do, so I made Sudoku and Hanoi"
1 post
#5
Money Talk
: "How to Make Money with Excel?"
1 post
#6
Self-Promotion
: "I built an automated Excel tool that tracks hundreds of FedEx, UPS & DHL packages in 1 click using official APIs (No monthly fees)"
1 post
#7
News
: "This Week's /r/Excel Recap for the week of August 29 - September 04, 2026"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/excel
#1
Excel
50 posts
#2
Struggling
35 posts
#3
Formula
30 posts
#4
Struggling With
27 posts
#5
Struggling With Formulas
7 posts
#6
Row
4 posts
#7
Data
4 posts
#8
Lookup
3 posts
#9
Tool
3 posts
#10
Sheet
3 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
: "Making TODAY function not update?"
146 posts
#2
Discussion
: "Ctrl+E is probably the most satisfying Excel shortcut"
27 posts
#3
Show and Tell
: "I want to know the best way to convert my credit card statement into an Excel"
10 posts
#4
Pro Tip
: "TIL that TRIM clears multiple spaces as well as leading & trailing spaces"
5 posts
#5
solved
: "Office LTSC 2021 Build 16.0.14334.20906 — Excel VBA macro stopped working, rollback to 20848 fixed it"
3 posts
#6
Weekly Recap
: "This Week's /r/Excel Recap for the week of August 29 - September 04, 2026"
2 posts
#7
Advertisement
: "Made an online VBA game with a simple server database."
2 posts
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Last updated: September 11, 2026