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WSB Penny Stocks (Reddit Mentions)

Sub-$5 stocks being talked about on r/wallstreetbets and r/pennystocks, ranked by combined mention count over the past 24 hours. Mention surges in penny stocks often correlate with pump cycles — useful signal, but read with caution.

Data as of 9/28/2026 10:42:23 PM · Intraday prices

#	Symbol	Company	Price	Day Chg	Mentions	24h Mentions Δ	Source
1	GLND	Greenland Energy Company	$4.2060	-19.49%	18	+17 (1700%)	r/p
2	EU	enCore Energy	$1.1950	-1.61%	14	+14	WSB
3	UP	Wheels Up	$3.6050	-5.04%	11	+11	WSB
4	FLNA	Filana Therapeutics	$0.8380	+14.61%	10	+10	WSBr/p
5	WTI	W&T Offshore	$3.5880	-1.92%	7	+6 (600%)	WSB
6	GYGY	Game Your Game	$0.8090	+16.96%	6	+6	r/p
7	WBUY	Webuy Global	$0.9650	+9.78%	5	+5	r/p
8	AMC	AMC Entertainment	$3.2750	+11.56%	4	+4	WSB
9	ELAB	Elevai Labs	$4.6690	+7.11%	4	+4	r/p
10	PLUG	Plug Power	$1.8750	-5.56%	4	+3 (300%)	WSB
11	OPEN	Opendoor	$2.4350	-5.06%	4	+3 (300%)	WSB
12	HOUR	Hour Loop	$1.8960	+10.63%	2	+2	r/p
13	TMCR	The Metals Royalty Company	$4.7410	+14.00%	2	+2	r/p
14	LCTX	Lineage Cell Therapeutics	$0.9790	-5.73%	1	+1	r/p
15	SCYX	SCYNEXIS	$4.5790	+6.61%	1	+1	r/p
16	ANIX	Anixa Biosciences	$2.8340	+0.72%	1	+1	r/p
17	MRLN	Marlin Business Services	$1.7700	-12.31%	1	0 (0%)	r/p
18	LXRX	Lexicon Pharmaceuticals	$1.9670	+5.29%	1	0 (0%)	r/p
19	KOPN	Kopin Corporation	$4.7700	-4.81%	1	0 (0%)	r/p
20	PLG	Platinum Group Metals	$1.3070	-0.76%	1	0 (0%)	r/p
21	PULM	Pulmatrix	$1.5950	-2.17%	1	0 (0%)	r/p
22	PDSB	PDS Biotechnology	$0.7470	-4.01%	1	0 (0%)	r/p
23	DDD	3D Systems	$3.5380	-1.40%	1	0 (0%)	r/p

How to Read Reddit Mentions for Penny Stocks

Social-mention data tells you what retail attention is concentrated on. For sub-$5 stocks, retail attention IS the catalyst for many short-term moves — both up (momentum buying) and down (when the crowd loses interest). The same data is also a pump-and-dump leading indicator: a ticker that vaults from rank 50 to rank 3 in 24 hours on a stock with no fundamental catalyst is the classic pump setup.

What to weigh:

Absolute mentions: total combined count across both subreddits this period.
24h delta: the more important signal — is attention surging or fading? Big positive deltas warrant the most attention (good or bad).
Source: r/pennystocks (badge "r/p") is closer to the actual penny-stock audience; r/wallstreetbets (badge "WSB") brings broader (but noisier) retail attention.
Price context: $0.50-$1 range mentions tend to be more speculative; $2-$5 mentions often have more fundamental basis.
Catalyst check: is there actual news (8-K, earnings, FDA, contract) driving the buzz, or is the chatter untethered? Untethered chatter on sub-$1 stocks is the pump pattern.

Before sizing into anything from this list, read our pump and dump concept page and check the stock's recent filings (S-1, S-3, 8-K) for dilution events. Most pumps end with offerings.