r/prepping is a subreddit with 167k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses looking for gear, power, prepping, food, and generator, and they frequently recommend/review firearm, headlamp, and chainsaw.
This subreddit is for discussions about prepping, with the primary focuses being on:
Food & Water: (disinfecting, storage, growing, harvesting, hunting, etc)
Survival Strategies: (long and/or short term)
Off-grid energy: (wind, solar, hydro)
Gear Question's: requests/reviews of your actions/ideas/gear
Other: Use common sense here please, and read the rules below
Popular Themes in r/prepping
#1
Solution Requests
: "Budget Ammo storage solution"
10 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "What mistakes did you make starting out that you wish someone had warned you about?"
7 posts
#3
Self-Promotion
: "Giving out free StashGuard appcodes"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/prepping
#1
Looking For Gear
9 posts
#2
Power
: "A lot of my long term food storage has been spending a good amount of time at like 78-79 degrees F. Is this a problem?"
7 posts
#3
Prepping
: "Rate my apocolypse gear"
6 posts
#4
Food
: "A lot of my long term Food storage has been spending a good amount of time at like 78-79 degrees F. Is this a problem?"
6 posts
#5
Generator
: "What do I need to know about purchasing a Generator?"
6 posts
#6
Storage
: "Utilizing small spaces for Storage/pantry"
5 posts
#7
Water
: "Survey on Emergency Water Preparedness (University Project)"
4 posts
#8
Emergency
: "Survey on Emergency Water Preparedness (University Project)"
4 posts
#9
Worst Case Scenario
3 posts
#10
Worst
3 posts
Products Discussed in r/prepping
Firearm
94 reviews
#1
AR-15
5.0★ from 11 reviews
#2
Ruger
4.6★ from 11 reviews
#3
Shotgun
5.0★ from 8 reviews
Headlamp
22 reviews
#1
Nitecore
4.3★ from 3 reviews
#2
Petzl
4.0★ from 3 reviews
#3
Sofirn
4.7★ from 3 reviews
Chainsaw
20 reviews
#1
Stihl
4.7★ from 11 reviews
#2
Milwaukee
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
Greenworks
4.0★ from 2 reviews
Flair Used in r/prepping
#1
Survival🪓🏹💉
: "Here's my humble food cache so far"
22 posts
#2
Other🤷🏽♀️ 🤷🏽♂️
: "I realized my outage prep focused on the wrong problem first"
18 posts
#3
Question❓❓
: "Utilizing small spaces for storage/pantry"
18 posts
#4
Gear🎒
: "Are these shelf stable and okay to keep stored in my basement pantry?"
14 posts
#5
Energy💨🌞🌊
: "Heads up from someone in the battery supply chain, prices are going up after summer"
10 posts
#6
Food🌽 or Water💧
: "Newbie, how did I do?"
8 posts
#7
💩s**t post 🧻
: "Rate my apocolypse gear"
4 posts
Member Growth in r/prepping
Yearly
+42k members(33.7%)
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Last updated: July 12, 2026