About r/Accounting
Primarily for accountants and aspiring accountants to learn about and discuss their career choice. Advice and questions welcome.
The community at a glance
r/Accounting is a Subreddit for Finance and Accountants with roughly 1.3M members. It uses a forum format for communication. On the Hive Index it ranks #8 in the Accounting communities list. It is the 5th largest community in the Finance topic page.
Roughly 114K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Accounting, Struggling, and Job. Common discussion themes are Advice Requests and Pain & Anger. Product recommendations often mention bank recs, laptop recs, and recommended temp agencies.
Community Topics
Community Features
This community has a forum
Subreddit Analysis
via GummySearchMember growth over time
All time (yearly)
- 2013: 6K members
- 2014: 8K members
- 2015: 9K members
- 2016: 12K members
- 2017: 18K members
- 2018: 32K members
- 2019: 52K members
- 2020: 66K members
- 2021: 55K members
- 2023: 218K members
- 2024: 556K members
- 2025: 162K members
- 2026: 80K members
Past year (monthly)
- Sep: 6K members
- Oct: 5K members
- Nov: 12K members
- Dec: 11K members
- Jan: 11K members
- Feb: 14K members
- Mar: 10K members
- Apr: 9K members
- May: 10K members
- Jun: 10K members
- Jul: 8K members
- Aug: 7K members
Themes
- Advice Requests38 posts in the past month
- Why don't firms want to train people? (Question, not rant)
- Anyone had recent job success?
- 8 weeks from graduating with a BS in Accounting and no accounting experience — where should I be looking?
#138Advice RequestsWhy don't firms want to train people? (Question, not rant) · Anyone had recent job success? · 8 weeks from graduating with a BS in Accounting and no accounting experience — where should I be looking? - Pain & Anger3 posts in the past month
- Was on a call with some colleagues discussing status when one of them said “Let’s take this outside”. This is someone I directly report to but I will throw hands if necessary. Please advise.
- Getting yelled at in Public Accounting
- How screwed am I?
#23Pain & AngerWas on a call with some colleagues discussing status when one of them said “Let’s take this outside”. This is someone I directly report to but I will throw hands if necessary. Please advise. · Getting yelled at in Public Accounting · How screwed am I?
Topics
- Accounting37 posts in the past month#137Accounting
- Struggling22 posts in the past month#222Struggling
- Job20 posts in the past month#320Job
- Career15 posts in the past month#415Career
- Cpa9 posts in the past month#59Cpa
Flair
- Advice28 posts in the past month
- My coworker made a comment about my Salary today
- I just failed my first intermediate accounting quiz
- 8 weeks from graduating with a BS in Accounting and no accounting experience — where should I be looking?
#128AdviceMy coworker made a comment about my Salary today · I just failed my first intermediate accounting quiz · 8 weeks from graduating with a BS in Accounting and no accounting experience — where should I be looking? - Career26 posts in the past month
- Five rounds of interviews for a 60k position = humiliation ritual
- Big 4 Audit Director - what are my exit options?
- Senior Accountant with 15+ yrs experience struggling with confidence, meeting presence, and stepping up to Manager/Controller roles. How do I overcome this?
#226CareerFive rounds of interviews for a 60k position = humiliation ritual · Big 4 Audit Director - what are my exit options? · Senior Accountant with 15+ yrs experience struggling with confidence, meeting presence, and stepping up to Manager/Controller roles. How do I overcome this? - Discussion14 posts in the past month
- Anyone have a boss that thinks something should take 15 minutes but actually takes 2 hours?
- Accounting is basically just opening one file to figure out why another file is wrong.
- I know!
#314DiscussionAnyone have a boss that thinks something should take 15 minutes but actually takes 2 hours? · Accounting is basically just opening one file to figure out why another file is wrong. · I know! - Off-Topic4 posts in the past month
- For those that own your own firm, what do your richest clients do?
- Random company data sitting in a spreadsheet somewhere broke a national news story
- The humor survived
#44Off-TopicFor those that own your own firm, what do your richest clients do? · Random company data sitting in a spreadsheet somewhere broke a national news story · The humor survived - Homework3 posts in the past month
- 2 minutes later
- This app man
- This app man
#53Homework2 minutes later · This app man · This app man
Product recommendations
- bank recs29 posts in the past month
- Accounts payable and bank recs
- Passed CPA exams and just got my first accounting job and will be learning EVERYTHING for small business accounting. Start in a week- what should I review? Journal entries, month end procedures, bank recs, etc.?
- Automating recs?
#129bank recsAccounts payable and bank recs · Passed CPA exams and just got my first accounting job and will be learning EVERYTHING for small business accounting. Start in a week- what should I review? Journal entries, month end procedures, bank recs, etc.? · Automating recs? - laptop recs3 posts in the past month
- laptop recs for accounting major
- Laptop recs?
- Laptop Recs for Accounting/Information Systems student?
#23laptop recslaptop recs for accounting major · Laptop recs? · Laptop Recs for Accounting/Information Systems student? - recommended temp agencies2 posts in the past month
- Recommended Temp Agencies?
- Recommended Temp Agencies?
#32recommended temp agenciesRecommended Temp Agencies? · Recommended Temp Agencies? - accounting podcast recs2 posts in the past month
- Podcasts Recs for Audit team
- Accounting Podcast Recs
#42accounting podcast recsPodcasts Recs for Audit team · Accounting Podcast Recs
Community Reviews
Frequently asked questions
- Who is r/Accounting for?
- Best for Finance and Accountants enthusiasts looking for a Reddit-based community with forum discussion.
- Is r/Accounting free to join?
- This listing is not marked as paid-only. Access rules and any fees are decided by the community.
- How many members does r/Accounting have?
- Roughly 1.3M members, based on figures reported by the community or its host. Member counts are approximate and change over time.
- What platform is r/Accounting on?
- r/Accounting runs on Reddit. Reddit communities (or "subreddits") are forum-based groups on the popular social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website Reddit. Reddit is commonly known as "the front page of the internet". Users submit content to the site such as links, text posts, and images, which are then voted up or down and discussed by other members. From investing Reddit communities, to professional ones, to ones just for laughs, you're likely to find a community for you on Reddit.
- What topics does r/Accounting cover?
- On the Hive Index, r/Accounting is organized under Finance, Accountants.
- How do I join r/Accounting?
- You can join r/Accounting by clicking this link, or pressing the "Go to community" button above.
- What are the Finance communities like?
- Communities covering personal finance, investing, and financial planning for individuals and families. Reddit has enormous communities for budgeting and investment strategy, with more niche Discord servers and independent forums serving people focused on specific goals like early retirement or building wealth on an average salary.
Monthly Stats
- 15
- Views /mo (-6%)
- 13
- Visitors /mo (0%)
- 1
- Referrals /mo (-50%)
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