Top 25 Most Popular Subreddits on Reddit

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Reddit has close to 3 million subreddits/communities.

There is a subreddit for every topic in the world.

However, only a few of them has the lion’s share of members.

That said, there are a lot of subreddits that have over 1 million members.

The majority of these subreddits have existed for multiple years.

This list contains the top 25 most popular subreddits/communities on Reddit (starting with the most popular).

The subreddits are ranked based on their total number of members (as of early 2022).

1. /r/announcements

Members	Description	Date created
139,551,815	Official announcements from Reddit, Inc.	Jun 17, 2009

2. /r/funny

Members	Description	Date created
39,167,893	Welcome to r/Funny, Reddit’s largest humor depository.	Jan 25, 2008

3. /r/AskReddit

Members	Description	Date created
34,997,701	r/AskReddit is the place to ask and answer thought-provoking questions.	Jan 25, 2008

4. /r/gaming

Members	Description	Date created
31,856,510	A subreddit for (almost) anything related to games – video games, board games, card games, etc. (but not sports).	Sep 17, 2007

5. /r/aww

Members	Description	Date created
30,340,242	Things that make you go AWW! Like puppies, bunnies, babies, and so on… A place for really cute pictures and videos!	Jan 25, 2008

6. /r/Music

Members	Description	Date created
28,969,897	The musical community of Reddit.	Jan 25, 2008

7. /r/pics

Members	Description	Date created
28,612,116	A place for pictures and photographs.	Jan 25, 2008

8. /r/worldnews

Members	Description	Date created
27,942,104	A place for major news from around the world, excluding US-internal news.	Jan 25, 2008

9. /r/science

Members	Description	Date created
27,143,022	This community is a place to share and discuss new scientific research. Read about the latest advances in astronomy, biology, medicine, physics, social science, and more. Find and submit new publications and popular science coverage of current research.	Oct 18, 2006

10. /r/movies

Members	Description	Date created
27,067,146	The goal of /r/Movies is to provide an inclusive place for discussions and news about films with wide releases. Submissions should be for the purpose of informing or initiating a discussion, not just to entertain readers. Read our extensive list of rules for more information on other types of posts like fan-art and self-promotion, or message the moderators if you have any questions.	Jan 25, 2008

11. /r/todayilearned

Members	Description	Date created
26,985,758	You learn something new every day; what did you learn today? Submit interesting and specific facts about something that you just found out here.	Dec 28, 2008

12. /r/videos

Members	Description	Date created
26,172,071	Reddit’s main subreddit for videos. Please read the sidebar below for our rules.	Jan 25, 2008

13. /r/news

Members	Description	Date created
24,243,459	The place for news articles about current events in the United States and the rest of the world. Discuss it all here.	Jan 25, 2008

14. /r/Showerthoughts

Members	Description	Date created
24,052,119	A subreddit for sharing those miniature epiphanies you have that highlight the oddities within the familiar.	Oct 18, 2011

15. /r/Jokes

Members	Description	Date created
22,282,025	The funniest sub on Reddit. Hundreds of jokes are posted each day, and some of them aren’t even reposts!	Jan 25, 2008

16. /r/food

Members	Description	Date created
21,971,755	The hub for Food Images and more on Reddit.	Jan 25, 2008

17. /r/askscience

Members	Description	Date created
21,925,681	Ask a science question, get a science answer.	Sep 5, 2008

18. /r/IAmA

Members	Description	Date created
21,750,826	I Am A, where the mundane becomes fascinating and the outrageous suddenly seems normal.	May 27, 2009

19. /r/EarthPorn

Members	Description	Date created
21,723,857	The internet’s largest community of landscape photographers and Earth lovers.	Feb 14, 2011

20. /r/gifs

Members	Description	Date created
21,370,058	Funny, animated GIFs: Your favorite computer file type! Officially pronounced with a hard “J”.	Feb 14, 2009

21. /r/nottheonion

Members	Description	Date created
20,834,005	For true stories that are so mind-blowingly ridiculous that you could have sworn they were from The Onion.	Oct 25, 2008

22. /r/books

Members	Description	Date created
20,458,594	This is a moderated subreddit. It is our intent and purpose to foster and encourage in-depth discussion about all things related to books, authors, genres, or publishing in a safe, supportive environment. If you’re looking for help with a personal book recommendation, consult our Weekly Recommendation Thread, Suggested Reading page, or ask in r/suggestmeabook.	Jan 25, 2008

23. /r/DIY

Members	Description	Date created
20,337,413	A place where people can come to learn and share their experiences of doing, building, and fixing things on their own.	Jan 25, 2008

24. /r/explainlikeimfive

Members	Description	Date created
20,178,735	Explain Like I’m Five is the best forum and archive on the internet for layperson-friendly explanations. Don’t Panic!	Jul 28, 2011

25. /r/LifeProTips

Members	Description	Date created
20,169,807	Tips that improve your life in one way or another.	Oct 25, 2010

Conclusion

Reddit has a ton of subreddits/communities that you can join.

Simply search for the subreddit that you want to join using the search bar.

For example, if you’re interested in basketball, you can search for “basketball”.

There is a subreddit for every topic!

You can also join one or more of the most popular subreddits from the list above.

Most of them were created many years ago.