About r/AdviceAnimals
In its own words:
Reddit's Gold Mine
The community was created on Dec 7, 2010, which makes it 15 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 1,597 subscribers (+0.02%). It sits just behind r/CryptoCurrency (#79) and ahead of r/BeAmazed (#81) in our ranking.
What sets r/AdviceAnimals apart
r/AdviceAnimals is far more image-driven than most big subreddits: 90% of its recent posts are images, against a median of 9% across the Top 100. Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 1.0 new posts a day per million members, which puts it in the quietest fifth of the Top 100. A good post has less competition here.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/AdviceAnimals went up from 9,936,229 to 9,945,298 subscribers (+9.1K, +0.09%). That is about 227 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Top posts on r/AdviceAnimals this week
The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Oct 30, 2026).
- Accountability Avoidance 101..u/StrobeLightRomance · Oct 24 · image
- Claiming election fraud where there is none undermines our democracy and should be illegal.u/PlanetoftheAtheists · Oct 27 · image
- Goodbye Patrick, thank you for making the early internet so memorableu/MikeTorsson · Oct 29 · image
- Repeat after me: the stock market is not the economyu/Getoff_My_Lon_Cheney · Oct 28 · image
- Musk has already donated $445M to GOP midterm candidatesu/Dumbfuckistan_USA · Oct 25 · image
- Election day is almost heeeereu/GreenFronds · Oct 28 · image
- Nirvana's In Bloom totally missed their target audience.u/StrobeLightRomance · Oct 25 · image
- Meanwhile in Texas, the Republicans are running ads claiming Senators can raise taxes...u/miked_mv · Oct 23 · image
- They're investigating both sides, right? ..Right?u/StrobeLightRomance · Oct 27 · image
- Even Yoda is tired of hearing me complain about healthcareu/Exotic-Cook-7740 · Oct 26 · image
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/AdviceAnimals, from 2014 to 2024, ranked by Reddit.
- I sure didn't...u/guitarguy109 · Jan 28, 2021 · image
- Because we can't let Verizon look badFeb 4, 2019 · 107,507 points · 1,889 comments · image
- It’s really not that hard to figure outu/TwoPercentTokes · Aug 31, 2022 · 95,915 points · 3,908 comments · image
- Seriously, I just want to sit in silence sometimes.u/Mr_Mojo_Risin_ · Sep 21, 2019 · 94,238 points · 1,425 comments · link
- Comcast exposed... againu/WhoDknee · Mar 29, 2020 · 89,371 points · 1,572 comments · image
- Peaceful protest is Constitutionally protectedu/BillW87 · Jun 8, 2020 · link
- Chrome says that they're no longer allowing ad-blocker extensions to work starting in Januaryu/ElderCunningham · Aug 24, 2022 · 85,499 points · 8,107 comments · link
- Watching what’s going on at the Capital...u/MissHillary · Jan 6, 2021 · image
- I feel the worst for her dogu/Chicken_Wing · May 26, 2020 · link
- Do you want to start paying extra for the good content? I think notu/captfirefly · Sep 4, 2020 · image
What r/AdviceAnimals talks about
We read the titles of 72 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “november”, “republicans”, “election”, “guarantee” and “trump”. Other frequent themes are voted, reason, claiming, fraud, undermines and name. Recurring phrases include “george zimmer” and “called justified”. By format, 90% are images, 8% are links and 1% are videos.
Activity and best time to post
r/AdviceAnimals gets about 9.7 new posts a day. The public archive holds 4,019,056 posts and 43,286,949 comments in total, about 10.8 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Friday (12 posts) and the quietest was Tuesday (8). Posting peaks around 22:00 UTC and is lowest around 08:00 UTC.
Rules of r/AdviceAnimals
The moderators of r/AdviceAnimals list 11 rules. In short:
- Follow all Reddit sitewide rules.
- All posts must be Advice Animals
- Bigotry is not welcome on this subreddit
- Don't tell people they should hurt or kill themselves, or that they should be dead
- Only submit original content you created today
- Don't post to tell us about your cake day, and don't pander for upvotes or awards
- Don't post Unpopular Opinion Puffins or Vertical memes
- Don't post memes picturing someone you know in real life (including yourself)
- Link directly to your image
- Don't post COVID or anti-vax misinformation
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals 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/AdviceAnimals have?
r/AdviceAnimals has 9,945,298 subscribers (Oct 29, 2026), which makes it the #80 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 9,069 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.
How old is r/AdviceAnimals?
r/AdviceAnimals was created on Dec 7, 2010, so it has been around for 15 years.
How active is r/AdviceAnimals?
Moderately: r/AdviceAnimals gets about 9.7 new posts a day (average of the last week). Over its lifetime the archive counts 4,019,056 posts and 43,286,949 comments. In a sample of 72 recent posts we counted 52 different authors.
When is r/AdviceAnimals most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026, the busiest day was Friday and the quietest Tuesday, and most posts arrive around 22:00 UTC, with the fewest around 08:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/AdviceAnimals about?
The community describes itself as: “Reddit's Gold Mine” Recent post titles often mention november, republicans, election, guarantee and trump. Most posts are images (90%).
Is r/AdviceAnimals safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/AdviceAnimals as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/AdviceAnimals?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/AdviceAnimals accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts), with images and galleries enabled. It has 11 posted rules, starting with: “Follow all Reddit sitewide rules.”; “All posts must be Advice Animals”; “Bigotry is not welcome on this subreddit”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/AdviceAnimals?
Communities with similar topics include r/AnimalsBeingDerps (8.5M), r/AnimalCrossing (2.9M), r/FunnyAnimals (8.7M), r/relationship_advice (15.9M) and r/Showerthoughts (34.2M).
Stats from public data (data updated Oct 29, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Oct 29, 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/AdviceAnimals.