About r/AskEurope
In its own words:
Ask Europeans questions about their countries!
Community guide
r/AskEurope (#642, about 1.7 million subscribers) — Ask Europeans questions about their countries! A recent sample averaged 25 posts a day (~100% text). Its public rules include: Be polite and courteous to everybody.; Keep comments relevant and of decent quality.; Submissions must be a question with a clear title.; No low effort and unsuitable questions.; No agenda pushing.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Low-effort memes/empty shitposts are often removed—add real context.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rule list—not merely a larger sibling community. The public rule list is long enough that skimming all entries once beats assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change. Avoid clickbait titles. Common flairs include: Culture, Politics, Misc, Language.
The community was created on Jun 15, 2012, which makes it 14 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 757 subscribers (+0.05%). Among the 9 communities on our europe list it is number 3 by size. It sits just behind r/TheWayWeWere (#641) and ahead of r/TheSimpsons (#643) in our ranking.
What sets r/AskEurope apart
r/AskEurope is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 100% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 35% across the Top 100. Posts here spark a lot of conversation: the archive averages 38.1 comments per post, roughly 2.9× the typical big subreddit (13.0). Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (05:00 UTC) sees about 5.3× as many posts as the quietest (02:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/AskEurope grew from 1,655,266 to 1,660,638 subscribers (+5.4K, +0.32%). That is about 105 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/AskEurope this week
What the community upvoted most over the last seven days, as ranked by Reddit (collected Nov 7, 2026).
- Can you differentiate between other European languages?u/TreacleOk7265 · Nov 4 · text post
- Which European city surprised you the most when you first visited?u/Reasonable-Ant-4944 · Nov 4 · text post
- Which European country did other Europeans experience culture shock?u/Imsmart-9819 · Nov 4 · text post
- How difficult is it to live in your country using only card payments without carrying physical cash?u/Suspicious-Mud-7353 · Nov 3 · text post
- What is currently happening in Poland? Can someone explain the constitutional crisis and the standoff at the Constitutional Tribunal?u/Monkdciup · Nov 2 · text post
- If you're visiting a country where English is widely spoken, do you attempt to address people in the local language, or just talk to them in English? How do these conversations start out?u/505engineer · Nov 1 · text post
- Which country or region in Europe do you feel is quietly undergoing the biggest structural change right now?u/Small_Site_3531 · Nov 3 · text post
- Which warm European city would you live in?u/sadhappycat · Nov 6 · text post
- Are Europeans less addicted to their smartphones than people in other parts of the world?u/nikafitsk · Nov 1 · text post
- Are men typically slightly more right-wing than women in your country?u/LegNew6 · Nov 6 · text post
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/AskEurope, from 2017 to 2025, ranked by Reddit.
- What is a dark fact about your country not many people know about?u/AkruX · Jul 22, 2020 · text post
- You can choose one E.U. country to obliterate. It's gone, replaced with water. Which would it be?Aug 16, 2019 · 3,889 points · 2,182 comments · text post
- Scotland just became the first country to make tampons free for all that need them! What unique progressive laws does your country have?u/Albamc35 · Mar 1, 2020 · 3,648 points · 874 comments · text post
- How strong is NATO without US?u/Salamanber · Feb 18, 2025 · text post
- Let's talk about the European Defense Federation. How do we all feel about the creation of a fully mobilised continental Army?u/Sink-Em-Low · Mar 1, 2025 · text post
- What's your reaction to Boris Johnson becoming the new PM of the UK?u/EventuallyVirtuous · Jul 23, 2019 · 2,881 points · 1,375 comments · text post
- What was a “bruh moment” in your country’s history?u/Moluwuchan · Oct 23, 2019 · 2,602 points · 904 comments · text post
- I'm about to go to Netherlands next week(for a job) in Waalwijk.Any advice?u/magma6 · Oct 27, 2017 · 2,502 points · 383 comments · text post
- What does poverty look like in your country ?Oct 14, 2020 · text post
- To older Europeans - has there ever been a time where America was seen as such an untrusted country?u/Different_Stand_1285 · Mar 4, 2025 · text post
What r/AskEurope talks about
Looking at the titles of 167 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “country”, “europe”, “european”, “countries” and “europeans”. Other frequent themes are daily, slow, chat, popular, language and election. Recurring phrases include “daily slow”, “slow chat”, “european country” and “extraordinary experiences”. By format, 100% are text posts.
Popular post flairs: Culture (54), Politics (33), Misc (21), Language (9), Personal (8), Education (8).
Activity and best time to post
r/AskEurope gets about 25 new posts a day. The public archive holds 137,504 posts and 5,245,390 comments in total, about 38.1 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Saturday (29 posts) and the quietest was Monday (17). Posting peaks around 05:00 UTC and is lowest around 02:00 UTC.
Rules of r/AskEurope
The moderators of r/AskEurope list 6 rules. In short:
- Be polite and courteous to everybody.
- Keep comments relevant and of decent quality.
- Submissions must be a question with a clear title.
- No low effort and unsuitable questions.
- No agenda pushing.
- No similar questions that have been asked in the last two weeks.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/AskEurope 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/AskEurope have?
r/AskEurope has 1,660,638 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #642 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 5,372 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How old is r/AskEurope?
r/AskEurope was created on Jun 15, 2012, so it has been around for 14 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Dec 4, 2013.
How active is r/AskEurope?
Very active: r/AskEurope gets about 25 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 137,504 posts and 5,245,390 comments. In a sample of 167 recent posts we counted 143 different authors.
When is r/AskEurope most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Saturday and the quietest Monday, and most posts arrive around 05:00 UTC, with the fewest around 02:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/AskEurope about?
The community describes itself as: “Ask Europeans questions about their countries!” Recent post titles often mention country, europe, european, countries and europeans. Most posts are text posts (100%).
Is r/AskEurope safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/AskEurope as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/AskEurope?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/AskEurope accepts text posts only. It has 6 posted rules, starting with: “Be polite and courteous to everybody.”; “Keep comments relevant and of decent quality.”; “Submissions must be a question with a clear title.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/AskEurope?
Communities with similar topics include r/europe (11.7M), r/Europetravel (1.9M), r/AskReddit (60.1M), r/AskAnAmerican (1.2M) and r/ask (1.3M).
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/AskEurope.