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What is the debt snowball method?

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The debt snowball method pays off your smallest balance first regardless of APR, then rolls that payment into the next-smallest debt. It costs slightly more in interest than avalanche but has higher completion rates because of the psychological wins.

Debt snowball pays smallest balance first.
Warren Team
Updated April 26, 2026
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