r/3DS on SubMouse

About r/3DS

In its own words:

The place to discuss all stuff related to the Nintendo 3DS™ family!

Community guide

r/3DS (#899, about 1.2 million) discusses the Nintendo 3DS family—hardware, software, collections—not Switch-wide Nintendo talk or piracy help.

What belongs

3DS-related discussion and media (about 52 posts/day). Samples mix text, image, and gallery with Technical Question and Collection flairs. Rules block non-3DS posts, piracy/ROM/flashcart links, FAQ/yes-no googles, general recs, spoilers mishandling, friend-code requests, trading/selling, and self-promo.

Versus nintendo and NintendoSwitch

Those rooms span the whole brand or Switch. 3DS stays on the dual-screen handheld line and bans piracy links explicitly.

Practical pointers

Keep spoilers tagged; skip ROM/flashcart links and marketplace begging.

The community was created on Jun 16, 2010, which makes it 16 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 917 subscribers (+0.08%). Among the 20 communities on our Nintendo list it is number 5 by size. It sits just behind r/WhyWereTheyFilming (#899) and ahead of r/AskAnAmerican (#901) in our ranking.

What sets r/3DS apart

For its size it is unusually busy: about 44.1 new posts a day per million members, more than 82% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (17:00 UTC) sees about 7.6× as many posts as the quietest (04:00 UTC).

Subscriber growth

Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/3DS went up from 1,179,478 to 1,186,401 subscribers (+6.9K, +0.59%). That is about 136 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.

All-time top posts

The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/3DS, from 2017 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.

Found my 3ds xl with old videos of me and my grandma who passed away in 2024 taken in 2011 I’m about to cryu/Own_Internal_8176 · Oct 21, 2025 · image
What are the odds?u/Previous-Lab-7906 · Mar 13, 2026 · image
Went on a date and she pulled this out what do I dou/Awkward_Blacksmith34 · Feb 10, 2026 · image
My Majora’s Mask 3DS was stolen 8 years ago- and I just got it back.u/SharpTenor · Feb 2, 2026 · gallery
I bought, repaired, jailbroke and added USB-C charging to 8 3DS to gift to my nieces and nephews!u/skecchi_ · Jun 29, 2025 · gallery
Megadeal Alert - Cory in the House for $8.98 + Free ShippingMar 30, 2017 · 13,329 points · 386 comments · link
School banned phones, so we did the next best thing!u/Boti8700 · Jan 12, 2026 · image
Artemis II Launch Shot on 3DSu/Cambot72 · Apr 2, 2026 · video
The dreaded paint peel 🙃u/CosmicSophiaaah · Apr 8, 2026 · gallery
Playing on my 3DS XL at the bomb shelter 😎u/Play_BreathOfFire · Feb 28, 2026 · image

What r/3DS talks about

Across 366 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “2ds”, “screen”, “nintendo”, “game” and “help”. Other frequent themes are games, top, modded, card, good and modding. Recurring phrases include “top screen”, “nintendo 2ds”, “good price” and “circle pad”. By format, 33% are text posts, 29% are images and 26% are galleries.

2ds 41
screen 26
nintendo 23
game 18
help 14
games 14
top 13
modded 12
card 11
good 11
modding 10
price 8
white 8
buy 7
port 7
case 7
fix 7
n3ds 6

Popular post flairs: Technical Question (166), Discussion (58), Collection / Show Off (39), Miscellaneous (21), Request (16), Recommendation (15).

Activity and best time to post

r/3DS gets about 52 new posts a day. The public archive holds 329,354 posts and 3,826,920 comments in total, about 11.6 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (64 posts) and the quietest was Monday (47). Posting peaks around 17:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.

Posts per hour of the day, UTC, Oct 29, 2026 – Nov 4, 2026

Text posts 33%Images 29%Galleries 26%Videos 8%Links 5%

Rules of r/3DS

The moderators of r/3DS list 10 rules. In short:

Not 3DS related
Piracy
Yes/No question, in FAQ or easily googled
Asking for general recommendations
Spoilers
Links to flashcarts/roms/piracy
Repost
Friend Code request
Trading/Selling/Begging/Buying
Self-Promotion

How to join

Open reddit.com/r/3DS and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.

Frequently asked questions

How many members does r/3DS have?

r/3DS has 1,186,401 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #900 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 6,923 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.

How old is r/3DS?

r/3DS was created on Jun 16, 2010, so it has been around for 16 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Jan 19, 2011.

How active is r/3DS?

Very active: r/3DS gets about 52 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 329,354 posts and 3,826,920 comments. In a sample of 366 recent posts we counted 313 different authors.

When is r/3DS most active?

Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday and the quietest Monday, and most posts arrive around 17:00 UTC, with the fewest around 04:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.

What is r/3DS about?

The community describes itself as: “The place to discuss all stuff related to the Nintendo 3DS™ family!” Recent post titles often mention 2ds, screen, nintendo, game and help. Most posts are text posts (33%).

Is r/3DS safe for work?

Yes. Reddit does not mark r/3DS as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.

How do I post on r/3DS?

Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/3DS accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 10 posted rules, starting with: “Not 3DS related”; “Piracy”; “Yes/No question, in FAQ or easily googled”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.

Which communities are like r/3DS?

Communities with similar topics include r/wiiu (1.1M), r/NintendoSwitch (8M), r/nintendo (2.4M), r/zelda (3.3M) and r/AnimalCrossing (2.9M).

Stats from public data (data updated Nov 9, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/3DS.

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