/r/mining/

r/mining

57k members
r/mining is a subreddit with 57k members. The community frequently discusses mining, jobs, fifo, australia, and drilling, and they frequently recommend/review work boots, flashlight, and mining stocks, and the most common flair used is australia, us, canada, question, and this is not a cryptocurrency subreddit.
This is a subreddit for those involved or interested in the extractive mining industry. We are not a subreddit for bitcoin or other types of cryptocurrency hash mining.

Popular Topics in r/mining

#1

Mining

86 posts
#2

Jobs

28 posts
#3

Fifo

27 posts
#4

Australia

12 posts
#5

Drilling

8 posts
#6

Job

8 posts
#7

Gold

6 posts
#8

Engineering

6 posts
#9

Advice

6 posts
#10

Salary

5 posts

Products Discussed in r/mining

Work Boots

8 reviews
#1
Danner
4.5 from 2 reviews
#2
Timberland
4.0 from 1 review
#3
Red Wing
4.0 from 1 review

Flashlight

7 reviews
#1
Fenix
4.3 from 3 reviews
#2
NEBO
5.0 from 1 review
#3
Olight
5.0 from 1 review

Mining Stocks

4 reviews
#1
Agnico Eagle
5.0 from 1 review
#2
Northern Star
5.0 from 1 review
#3
Uranium
5.0 from 1 review

Flair Used in r/mining

#1
Australia
: "Back in 1974"
66 posts
#2
US
: "I wanted some professionals opinions on this video of cavers stumbling onto large quantities of explosives in an abandoned mine."
35 posts
#3
Canada
: "Wrench designed by a miner"
26 posts
#4
Question
: "Is it worth studying Mining egineering ?"
16 posts
#5
This is not a cryptocurrency subreddit
: "Major fire at the Viva Energy refinery in Geelong"
10 posts
#6
Asia
: "China coal mine blast kills 90, state media reports; deadliest mining disaster in a decade"
9 posts
#7
Africa
: "Mauritania, whose been?"
9 posts
#8
Humour
: "Doesn't matter where you are"
5 posts
#9
Europe
: "An 1844 advert asking for a job"
4 posts
#10
FIFO
: "Is the Purple Circle Everywhere?"
4 posts

Member Growth in r/mining

Yearly
+10k members(20.4%)

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Last updated: June 14, 2026