Why the hell does Reddit skew so wealthy?

I seriously can't fathom the amount of uber wealthy people who post on this site everyday. It isn't even in finance oriented subs, like FIRE, literally every other person on this sub is making six figures and has a substantial net worth as a DINK.

My goal is at least a 50-55k net worth and 21k of that invested by the end of my 26th year, but reading the experiences of people who have 300,000 in their retirement accounts and their investment accounts by my age makes me feel so dismal and depressed. I don't even come from a poor background- we took international vacations every year and I had my tuition paid for, but so many of these posters just make me feel extremely behind.

I am literally going to implement a zero dollar discretionary budget so I can max out my ROTH and meet the 1x invested rule by 30, but seeing so many people on this site boast about having 700,000 HHI and 600k invested is baffling.

How is Reddit so disproportionately wealthy?

Posted Dec 3, 2025, 2:00 AM UTC

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