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r/AMA

Ask Me Anything

r/AMA is a safe-for-work community on Reddit, ranked #589 on SubMouse with 1,888,147 subscribers and roughly 80 new posts a day.

Rank (SFW)#589
Subscribers1.9M
Growth since Nov 2+2.9K
Posts per day~80
Posts all time658.1K
CreatedAug 2009
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About r/AMA

In its own words:

Have anything interesting or unique to share about yourself? Let people ask you anything.

Community guide

r/AMA (#589, about 1.9 million subscribers) — Have anything interesting or unique to share about yourself? Let people ask you anything. Recent posts show ~80 posts/day in recent posts (~97% text, ~3% link). Its public rules include: Harassment/Hate/Bigotry not allowed; Posts must be AMAs; AMA commenters must ask questions; AMA posters must answer questions in their threads; Post Quality. It is listed under “Lifestyles”.

What belongs here

Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent fandoms or general off-topic dumps. Civility and anti-harassment rules are explicit; personal attacks get you removed regardless of how right you think you are.

How it differs from lookalikes

The length of the public rule list is itself a signal: skim all of them once before assuming defaults from similar communities. Submission type is set to “self”—link/text expectations may differ from open “any” rooms.

Practical pointers

Read the current sidebar/rules on Reddit before posting; rules can change. Common flairs include: Restricted Post, *VERIFIED*.

The community was created on Aug 10, 2009, which makes it 17 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 2,863 subscribers (+0.15%). It sits just behind r/AnimeART (#588) and ahead of r/UKPersonalFinance (#590) in our ranking.

What sets r/AMA apart

r/AMA is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 97% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 35% across the Top 100. For its size it is unusually busy: about 42.4 new posts a day per million members, more than 82% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 1.01% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 90% of the Top 100.

Subscriber growth

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Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/AMA grew from 1,869,199 to 1,888,147 subscribers (+18.9K, +1.01%). That is about 372 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.

Top posts on r/AMA this week

The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Nov 7, 2026).

  1. I am a Non-voter who made his first Vote today AMAu/ItsJustJosiah · Nov 3 · text post
  2. I married my best friend for security. AMA!u/frecklefae · Nov 3 · text post
  3. I'm a nudist, 44F. AMA!u/Fantastic_Self_6323 · Nov 2 · text post
  4. I had twins at 15 years old, AMAu/Nautical-Nellie · Nov 2 · text post
  5. Getting an artificial member next week, AMA!u/Thundaja · Nov 4 · text post
  6. AMA: I [23F] recently found out I’m expecting triplets which makes me a mom of five at the age of 24.u/LoudBoysenberry3282 · Oct 31 · text post
  7. I bought 112Tb of Hard drives before they cost as much as a car AMAu/OneTrueRou · Nov 7 · text post
  8. Registered nurse to Doctor in my 30s. AMAu/joochie123 · Oct 31 · text post
  9. My husband and I (44M) adopted 2 brothers. AMA!u/DutchBarber · Nov 1 · text post
  10. I am a crew member of a cruise ship. feel free to ask me anythingu/soft_and_wild · Nov 4 · text post

All-time top posts

The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/AMA, from 2020 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.

  1. I once outed a fraud who claimed he won the Mega Millions jackpot in 2016, AMASep 10, 2024 · text post
  2. My wife cheated on me then ended her life 3 days later. AMAu/njsand2110 · Apr 8, 2024 · text post
  3. My mate and I have been keeping the same McDonald’s burger since 1995 (29 years). It hasn’t decomposed, even rats won’t touch it. AMA.u/Common-Breakfast-245 · Jul 26, 2025 · text post
  4. I stopped speaking for 4 years when I was 12. amau/noinstinctsever · Sep 2, 2024 · text post
  5. I made accidently made the artist "Shaggy" famous by leaking his aong "It wasn't me" back in the 1990s AMAu/sudo-rm-rf-Israel · Dec 13, 2024 · text post
  6. I worked for MrBeast from March to June 2024, I think the company is very morally corrupt AMAu/MrBeastCreative · Jul 22, 2024 · text post
  7. I was paid to discredit veganism online. AMANov 26, 2025 · text post
  8. I was raised my a 16 year old single dad. AMAu/kirkkonummihiphop · Nov 12, 2025 · text post
  9. I successfully decluttered my house without anyone noticing… in 8 weeks . AMAu/iamawesome1110 · Oct 28, 2025 · text post
  10. I impersonated Daniel Radcliffe for a year AMAu/RULGBTorSomething · Jan 12, 2025 · text post

What r/AMA talks about

Across 506 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “ask”, “work”, “school”, “life” and “living”. Other frequent themes are family, married, high, parents, india and ago. Recurring phrases include “high school”, “school dropout”, “dropout living” and “whole life”. By format, 97% are text posts and 3% are links.

  • ask 45
  • work 24
  • school 18
  • life 16
  • living 15
  • family 12
  • married 12
  • high 12
  • parents 12
  • india 10
  • ago 10
  • months 10
  • woman 9
  • mom 9
  • lived 8
  • doctor 8
  • worked 8
  • male 7

Popular post flairs: Restricted Post (2), *VERIFIED* (1).

Activity and best time to post

r/AMA gets roughly 80 new posts a day. The public archive holds 658,098 posts and 13,727,506 comments in total, about 20.9 comments per post.

Text posts 97%Links 3%

Rules of r/AMA

The moderators of r/AMA list 8 rules. In short:

  1. Harassment/Hate/Bigotry not allowed
  2. Posts must be AMAs
  3. AMA commenters must ask questions
  4. AMA posters must answer questions in their threads
  5. Post Quality
  6. NSFW content is prohibited unless prior approval is obtained
  7. Long and Controversial Opinions
  8. No fake stories

How to join

Open reddit.com/r/AMA 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 subscribers does r/AMA have?

r/AMA has 1,888,147 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #589 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 18,948 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.

When was r/AMA created?

r/AMA was created on Aug 10, 2009, so it has been around for 17 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Sep 2, 2009.

Is r/AMA still active?

Yes. r/AMA gets roughly 80 new posts a day (estimate from a sample of recent posts). Over its lifetime the archive counts 658,098 posts and 13,727,506 comments. In a sample of 506 recent posts we counted 432 different authors.

What kind of posts are on r/AMA?

The community describes itself as: “Have anything interesting or unique to share about yourself? Let people ask you anything.” Recent post titles often mention ask, work, school, life and living. Most posts are text posts (97%).

Is r/AMA SFW?

Yes. Reddit does not mark r/AMA as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.

What are the rules of r/AMA?

Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/AMA accepts text posts only. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “Harassment/Hate/Bigotry not allowed”; “Posts must be AMAs”; “AMA commenters must ask questions”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.

What subreddits are similar to r/AMA?

Communities with similar topics include r/interesting (2.2M) and r/AskMen (7.4M).

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/AMA.

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