r/prepping is a subreddit with 169k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses looking for gear, prepping, prep, survival, and worst case scenario, 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
Advice Requests
: "Just started! I know it’s not much but would love any advice"
10 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Built my go-bag—trying to keep it practical. Any suggestions or fixes?"
5 posts
#3
Money Talk
: "Priorities right now if you got some extra money"
2 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "Absolute facebook score!!"
1 post
#5
Ideas
: "I got tired of checking 10 different things during outages, so I built a home storm dashboard"
1 post
#6
News
: "The safest house in the USA in case of WW3 (safer than the white house)"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/prepping
#1
Looking For Gear
9 posts
#2
Prepping
: "Prepping like crazy to my financial limits currently. Any experience with rokon motorcycles. Are they true emp proof."
8 posts
#3
Prep
: "Prepping like crazy to my financial limits currently. Any experience with rokon motorcycles. Are they true emp proof."
5 posts
#4
Survival
4 posts
#5
Worst Case Scenario
3 posts
#6
Radio
3 posts
#7
Books
2 posts
#8
Communication
2 posts
#9
Power
2 posts
#10
Budget
: "Utility bills are eating my prep Budget... what’s your move?"
2 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
Gear🎒
: "Are we still doing “get home bags”?"
45 posts
#2
Food🌽 or Water💧
: "Good price or rip off?"
44 posts
#3
Survival🪓🏹💉
: "Burying a shipping container for a bunker is one of the most dangerous prepper ideas out there. Change my mind."
36 posts
#4
Other🤷🏽♀️ 🤷🏽♂️
: "What's the most "overprepared" thing you've done that actually paid off?"
24 posts
#5
Question❓❓
: "Thought I was overprepared, until I actually needed to move everything fast"
23 posts
#6
Energy💨🌞🌊
: "Heatwaves finally pushed me into prepping. Here's my setup."
17 posts
#7
💩s**t post 🧻
: "Little preparedness tip for ya"
9 posts
#8
‼️MOD‼️
: "Howdy folks"
1 post
#9
Bunkers
: "The safest house in the USA in case of WW3 (safer than the white house)"
1 post
Member Growth in r/prepping
Yearly
+42k members(33.2%)
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Last updated: August 7, 2026