r/personalfinance

21.8M members
r/personalfinance is a subreddit with 21.8M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and money talk, and the community frequently discusses budgeting, investment platform, bank account, budgeting app, and savings account, and they frequently recommend/review budget app, budgeting app, and online banking.
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Popular Themes in r/personalfinance

#1
Advice Requests
: "Help me understand my retirement plan"
59 posts
#2
Money Talk
: "29 looking to buy car with my husband 32. Is financing with a bank I've already had an auto loan with our best option?"
24 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Car Totaled But I Still Owe"
7 posts
#4
Self-Promotion
: "Joined Axos Bank for easier banking."
1 post

Popular Topics in r/personalfinance

#1

Budgeting

5 posts
#2

Investment Platform

5 posts
#3

Bank Account

4 posts
#4

Budgeting App

4 posts
#5

Savings Account

4 posts
#6

Car

: "29 looking to buy Car with my husband 32. Is financing with a bank I've already had an auto loan with our best option?"
4 posts
#7

Financial Advice

3 posts
#8

High Yield Savings

3 posts
#9

Investment

3 posts
#10

Personal Finance App

3 posts

Products Discussed in r/personalfinance

Budget App

187 reviews
#1
YNAB
4.6 from 39 reviews
#2
Mint
3.7 from 20 reviews
#3
EveryDollar
4.2 from 13 reviews

Budgeting App

128 reviews
#1
YNAB
4.4 from 29 reviews
#2
You Need A Budget
4.8 from 15 reviews
#3
Monarch
4.1 from 8 reviews

Online Banking

105 reviews
#1
Ally
4.5 from 24 reviews
#2
Credit Union
4.1 from 8 reviews
#3
Charles Schwab
4.9 from 7 reviews

Flair Used in r/personalfinance

#1
Planning
: "student loan question"
18 posts
#2
Debt
: "Debt with 1 credit card and a tmobile phone and fscu bank at 23 years old"
13 posts
#3
Auto
: "Vehicle allowance/leaving company"
10 posts
#4
Retirement
: "403(b) Question Roth/Traditional"
10 posts
#5
Other
: "How much effort should I put in?"
10 posts
#6
Investing
: "Former Company Stock Ownership"
9 posts
#7
Budgeting
: "To save 500 a month or just 300?"
9 posts
#8
Credit
: "Home Equity Loan Question! My fiance accidentally tanked his nearly excellent credit and now has a 14k high interest loan."
9 posts
#9
Saving
: "How to build my savings?"
5 posts
#10
Housing
: "How much should I spend on rent?"
4 posts

Member Growth in r/personalfinance

Yearly
+426k members(2.0%)

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Last updated: September 21, 2026