r/quant
195k members
r/quant is a subreddit with 195k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests, and the community frequently discusses quant, trading, data, career, and strategy, and they frequently recommend/review vendors.
A subreddit for quantitative analysts
Popular Themes in r/quant
#1
Advice Requests
: "Reality of QT - need advice"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/quant
#1
Quant
: "How do you interview different types of Quants"
113 posts
#2
Trading
: "I underestimated how correlated my portfolio actually was"
58 posts
#3
Data
33 posts
#4
Career
: "Weekly Megathread: Education, Early Career and Hiring/Interview Advice"
28 posts
#5
Strategy
: "Is it a myth that retail has an edge over institutions in notably less liquid markets/lower capacity strategies?"
24 posts
#6
Market
: "Is it a myth that retail has an edge over institutions in notably less liquid Markets/lower capacity strategies?"
18 posts
#7
Research
17 posts
#8
Finance
16 posts
#9
Struggling
13 posts
#10
Ai
: "Choosing between a quant role and an Ai research startup"
12 posts
Products Discussed in r/quant
Vendors
1 review
#1
First Rate Data
5.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/quant
#1
General
: "r/quant has turned into a HFT earnings tracker"
43 posts
#2
Industry Gossip
: "D.E. Shaw extends investor lockups to 4 years, shuts two funds, and launches 4.5/45 staff-only fund"
28 posts
#3
Career Advice
: "Choosing between a quant role and an AI research startup"
20 posts
#4
Trading Strategies/Alpha
: "Is crowded alpha basically beta now, or is this just cope?"
16 posts
#5
Education
: "Where do all of the failed quants go?"
15 posts
#6
Resources
: "Danish quants that made Citadel energy level profits"
13 posts
#7
Hiring/Interviews
: "Non-compete: leave without offer in hand?"
9 posts
#8
Tools
: "Parsing 1 million FIX messages under 100 millisecond in pure Rust tool"
8 posts
#9
Data
: "would you buy this data?"
8 posts
#10
Models
: "Would anyone be interested in following a public weekly systematic build out?"
7 posts
Member Growth in r/quant
Yearly
+53k members(37.3%)
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Last updated: June 23, 2026