r/prepping is a subreddit with 168k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution 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
Advice Requests
: "Please help me be more prepared for the next emergency"
16 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Budget Ammo storage solution"
15 posts
#3
News
: "Youtube Live Discussion on Preparedness and Natural Disasters"
2 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "Trying to stay ahead of power outages this year"
1 post
#5
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
Radio
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
Question❓❓
: "Utilizing small spaces for storage/pantry"
42 posts
#2
Survival🪓🏹💉
: "Burying a shipping container for a bunker is one of the most dangerous prepper ideas out there. Change my mind."
34 posts
#3
Gear🎒
: "MRE Prices 📈😳"
32 posts
#4
Food🌽 or Water💧
: "Good price or rip off?"
24 posts
#5
Other🤷🏽♀️ 🤷🏽♂️
: "I realized my outage prep focused on the wrong problem first"
23 posts
#6
Energy💨🌞🌊
: "Heatwaves finally pushed me into prepping. Here's my setup."
18 posts
#7
💩s**t post 🧻
: "Little preparedness tip for ya"
6 posts
#8
Survival🏹
: "Alguien en Argentina?"
1 post
Member Growth in r/prepping
Yearly
+42k members(33.1%)
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Last updated: July 29, 2026