/r/fatFIRE/

r/fatFIRE

497k members
r/fatFIRE is a subreddit with 497k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and money talk, and the community frequently discusses struggling, fire, fatfire, investment, and motivation, and they frequently recommend/review finance app, personal finance app, and budget app.
Retire with a fat stash.

Popular Themes in r/fatFIRE

#1
Advice Requests
: "37 male, $15m net worth, no idea what to do now"
12 posts
#2
Money Talk
: "33M with ~$2.8M liquid, a $1M rental property, ~$90M not liquid equity, young kids, and a high-stress founder job — am I actually safe enough to step back or if things go south?"
10 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Where are you guys parking cash at the moment? I need to leave Merrill, they ditched cash sweeps for Edge accounts several years ago."
2 posts
#4
Self-Promotion
: "Finally pulled the plug today! 30 years old, 15.5M net worth"
2 posts

Popular Topics in r/fatFIRE

#1

Struggling

24 posts
#2

Fire

11 posts
#3

Fatfire

8 posts
#4

Investment

: "What would you do with $1M of 1031 money if you wanted zero landlord work?"
5 posts
#5

Motivation

5 posts
#6

Business

4 posts
#7

Tax Planning

3 posts
#8

Wealth

3 posts
#9

Financial Planning

2 posts
#10

Relatives

2 posts

Products Discussed in r/fatFIRE

Finance App

29 reviews
#1
Monarch
4.5 from 4 reviews
#2
Kubera
4.7 from 3 reviews
#3
Empower
5.0 from 2 reviews
#1
Monarch
4.3 from 4 reviews
#2
Kubera
4.7 from 3 reviews
#3
Copilot
4.0 from 2 reviews

Budget App

19 reviews
#1
Copilot
4.0 from 3 reviews
#2
Empower
5.0 from 2 reviews
#3
PocketSmith
4.5 from 2 reviews

Flair Used in r/fatFIRE

#1
Investing
: "Schwab/Fidelity cracking down on long/short tax loss harvesting"
20 posts
#2
Need Advice
: "43 5m NW - should wife retire?"
16 posts
#3
Path to FatFIRE
: "Mentor Monday"
8 posts
#4
Recommendations
: "Where are you guys parking cash at the moment? I need to leave Merrill, they ditched cash sweeps for Edge accounts several years ago."
7 posts
#5
Lifestyle
: "What did early retirement actually feel like?"
7 posts
#6
Happiness
: "37 male, $15m net worth, no idea what to do now"
4 posts
#7
Taxes
: "Swiss Lump-sum tax"
4 posts
#8
FatFIREd
: "Finally pulled the plug today! 30 years old, 15.5M net worth"
3 posts
#9
Other
: "Pre-IPO liquidity questions"
3 posts
#10
Retirement
: "$10m nw as of today"
2 posts

Member Growth in r/fatFIRE

Yearly
+45k members(10.0%)

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Last updated: September 15, 2026