Community profile

r/careerguidance

RisingCareer & businessCreated Dec 24, 2011

Advice on career choices, workplace decisions, and next steps.

1.4Mweekly visitors · 28-day average, observed Aug 30, 2026
5Mmembers · observed Aug 30, 2026
15.9Kcontributions · week of Jul 27, 2026
Since 2021membership records in the public showcase

Fixed weekly detail

Weekly activity in r/careerguidance

Compare complete weeks of contributions and contributors across their displayed periods.

Weekly contributionsPublic posts plus comments, r/careerguidance
latest 15.9Kweek of Jul 27, 202652-week average 19.2K
8.6K13.4K18.3K23.1K28KAug 25Nov 25Feb 26May 26Jul 26Weekly contributionspeak 25.9K · Apr 13, 20268.6K18.3K28KAug 25Feb 26Jul 26peak 25.9K · Apr 13, 2026

Each point is a complete Monday–Sunday UTC total. Weeks of Aug 4, 2025Jul 27, 2026.

Weekly contributorsUnique accounts contributing, r/careerguidance
latest 10Kweek of Jun 22, 202652-week average 9.5K
5.3K7.9K10.5K13.2K15.8KJun 25Sep 25Dec 25Mar 26Jun 26Weekly contributorspeak 14.7K · Apr 13, 20265.3K10.5K15.8KJun 25Dec 25Jun 26peak 14.7K · Apr 13, 2026

Each point is a complete Monday–Sunday UTC total. Weeks of Jun 30, 2025Jun 22, 2026.

RisingActivity pattern

Contributions and the number of contributing accounts in r/careerguidance both trend upward across their displayed periods.

Activity range
1.45×
Busiest four-week period relative to the quietest, after removing the trend. A ratio of 2.5× or more indicates concentrated activity.
Contributions
+31.4%/yr
Annualized trend across the displayed contribution period, using a robust fit that reduces the influence of individual spikes.
Contributors
+54.6%/yr
Trend in distinct contributing accounts across the displayed contributor period. Rising or cooling requires agreement between both measures.

Reach and participation

Visitors and contributions

Compare audience reach with participation over the shared period. Visitor counts are smoothed over 28 days, so short bursts can appear later and less sharply.

Reach × participationWeekly visitors and weekly contributions, one timeline
Visitors · left scaleContributions · right scale
816K1M1.3M10.7K18.3K25.9KNov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26Weekly visitorsWeekly contributions816K1M1.3M10.7K18.3K25.9KNov 25Mar 26Jul 26

Historical comparison through Aug 2, 2026. Visitors are a 28-day average; contributions are complete Monday–Sunday UTC totals. The two lines use separate scales, so compare their timing and direction rather than their heights.

The long view

Membership over time

Monthly member counts for r/careerguidance, from the first available month shown below.

Membership since 2021Members over time, r/careerguidance
5M+629.7% since Sep 21
969.8K2.8M4.7MSep 21Dec 22Mar 24Jun 25Aug 26Members969.8K2.8M4.7MSep 21Mar 24Aug 26

Latest available reading in each month. The vertical axis follows the observed range and does not start at zero.

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