r/quant
202k members
r/quant is a subreddit with 202k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and ideas, and the community frequently discusses quant, struggling, interview, job, and strategy, and they frequently recommend/review vendors.
A subreddit for quantitative analysts
Popular Themes in r/quant
#1
Solution Requests
: "Built a macro economic calendar API with ARIMA forecasts — every estimate committed to GitHub before release so you can verify accuracy yourself"
2 posts
#2
Ideas
: "Looking for ideas for the next version of my low-latency C++ project"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/quant
#1
Quant
: "I'm stuck in Quant trading"
18 posts
#2
Struggling
6 posts
#3
Interview
: "LLMs provided in Interviews"
5 posts
#4
Job
3 posts
#5
Strategy
3 posts
#6
Crypto
: "Crypto Firms for QD"
3 posts
#7
Statistical Arbitrage
3 posts
#8
Project
3 posts
#9
Data
2 posts
#10
Python
2 posts
Products Discussed in r/quant
Vendors
1 review
#1
First Rate Data
5.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/quant
#1
Career Advice
: "Where to exit if I burned out from trading?"
33 posts
#2
General
: "Bjarne Stroustrup, creator of C++, joins Susquehanna"
27 posts
#3
Industry Gossip
: "Which quant companies are doing ML/AI research similar to frontier labs?"
17 posts
#4
Education
: "Quant Trading Puzzle"
14 posts
#5
Data
: "Quant firms ranked by open-source activity"
10 posts
#6
Models
: "Merton jump-diffusion model question"
10 posts
#7
Market News
: "Miscellaneous"
8 posts
#8
Trading Strategies/Alpha
: "Must be nice to get exclusive allocations of a hedge fund liquidation. Congrats CitSec."
8 posts
#9
Resources
: "Millennium vs Citadel AUM"
7 posts
#10
Hiring/Interviews
: "Is it possible to join a big trading firm with conviction record?"
6 posts
Member Growth in r/quant
Yearly
+51k members(33.7%)
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Last updated: August 11, 2026