// SUBREDDIT_PROFILE
r/economichistory
› Welcome to r/EconomicHistory! Economic history is the study of economic phenomena in the past. This is a subreddit for any journal articles, news articles, discussions, questions, or other media pertaining to this discipline. If you are looking to become more familiar with key topics in economic history, please consider reviewing our Reading List!
// MEMBERS
1,033,773
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// POSTS_INDEXED
130
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// COMMUNITY_AGE
15y
› since 2010-12-11
// STATUS
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// Recent posts in r/economichistory
[ latest we indexed · by upvotes ]- 01 Newton didn't go broke in the South Sea Bubble, but Bank of England records show he did lose a fortune. Here's what the evidence says. ↑ 34 · 2026-11-03
- 02 I built an automated pipeline to digitize Australia's 1906 trade records and accidentally caught a 120-year-old ABS ledger error. ↑ 33 · 2026-11-04
- 03 How big was the 1324 Cairo gold price drop after Mansa Musa's visit, really? ↑ 10 · 2026-10-30
- 04 In 1980 Tiffany & Co. took out a full-page newspaper ad attacking two Texas brothers for what they were doing to the price of silver ↑ 9 · 2026-11-05
- 05 Where does the Middle East stand in the Great Divergence debate? Professor Sevket Pamuk explores the Ottoman's relative position to European powers between 1500 and 1900 and argues that the key divergence did not lie in GDP or wages, but in taxes. ↑ 4 · 2026-11-06
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// FAQ [ 3 entries ]
01 › What is r/economichistory about? [ expand ↓ ] [ collapse ↑ ]
r/economichistory is a Reddit community with 1,033,773 members. Welcome to r/EconomicHistory! Economic history is the study of economic phenomena in the past. This is a subreddit for any journal articles, news articles, discussions, questions, or other media pertaining to this discipline.
If you are looking to become more familiar with key topics in economic history, please consider reviewing our Reading List!
02 › How active is r/economichistory? [ expand ↓ ] [ collapse ↑ ]
r/economichistory has 1,033,773 subscribers and 130 posts in our index. It was created on 2010-12-11, 15 years ago.
03 › Which subreddits are similar to r/economichistory? [ expand ↓ ] [ collapse ↑ ]
Other Education & Science communities of a similar size include r/askphysics (1,576,043 members), r/iwanttolearn (1,521,592 members), r/askeconomics (1,458,446 members), r/thedepthsbelow (1,372,550 members). Each is listed with its own subscriber and post counts in the related communities section above.