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r/wallstreetbets

RisingFinanceCreated Jan 31, 2012

Retail trading ideas, market commentary, and accounts of gains and losses.

Compare in the tracker How these metrics are defined
2.6Mweekly visitors · 28-day average, observed Aug 30, 2026
20.3Mmembers · observed Aug 30, 2026
211.4Kcontributions · week of Jul 27, 2026
Since 2021membership records in the public showcase

Fixed weekly detail

Weekly activity in r/wallstreetbets

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

Weekly contributionsPublic posts plus comments, r/wallstreetbets
latest 211.4Kweek of Jul 27, 202652-week average 170.5K
28.4K95.6K162.8K230.1K297.3KAug 25Nov 25Feb 26May 26Jul 26Weekly contributionspeak 267.9K · Jun 1, 202628.4K162.8K297.3KAug 25Feb 26Jul 26peak 267.9K · Jun 1, 2026

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

Weekly contributorsUnique accounts contributing, r/wallstreetbets
latest 43.5Kweek of Jun 22, 202652-week average 26.4K
10.6K19.9K29.2K38.5K47.8KJun 25Sep 25Dec 25Mar 26Jun 26Weekly contributorspeak 43.7K · Jun 1, 202610.6K29.2K47.8KJun 25Dec 25Jun 26peak 43.7K · Jun 1, 2026

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

RisingActivity pattern

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

Activity range
2.09×
Busiest four-week period relative to the quietest, after removing the trend. A ratio of 2.5× or more indicates concentrated activity.
Contributions
+46.4%/yr
Annualized trend across the displayed contribution period, using a robust fit that reduces the influence of individual spikes.
Contributors
+66.3%/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
2.2M3.3M4.5M57.8K162.8K267.9KSep 25Dec 25Feb 26May 26Aug 26Weekly visitorsWeekly contributions2.2M3.3M4.5M57.8K162.8K267.9KSep 25Feb 26Aug 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/wallstreetbets, from the first available month shown below.

Membership since 2021Members over time, r/wallstreetbets
20.3M+65.1% since Sep 21
12.8M16.3M19.7MSep 21Dec 22Mar 24Jun 25Aug 26Members12.8M16.3M19.7MSep 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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