About r/AskReddit
In its own words:
r/AskReddit is the place to ask and answer thought-provoking questions.
The community was created on Jan 25, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 82,463 subscribers (+0.14%). It sits just behind r/funny (#2) and ahead of r/worldnews (#4) in our ranking.
What sets r/AskReddit apart
r/AskReddit is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 100% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 17% across the Top 100. For its size it is unusually busy: about 73.9 new posts a day per million members, more than 99% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.56% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 95% of the Top 100.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/AskReddit went up from 59,668,961 to 60,004,400 subscribers (+335.4K, +0.56%). That is about 8,386 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Top posts on r/AskReddit this week
This week’s highest-ranked posts, in Reddit’s own order (collected Oct 29, 2026).
- Teachers of Reddit, has Gen Alpha really speedrun past reading, writing, and arithmetic straight into brainrot, or are we exaggerating? What's actually happening in classrooms?u/curious-aurelius · Oct 24 · text post
- Scientists of Reddit: What's a discovery that should have blown people's minds but somehow managed to garner absolutely no reaction from anyone ?u/Significant-Order850 · Oct 27 · text post
- What's a 'rich people' thing you tried once and immediately understood why they do it?u/travis-0 · Oct 27 · text post
- What's the most unbelievable excuse someone gave for being late, but later turned out to be true?u/Tiexandrea · Oct 27 · text post
- Hiring managers of Reddit, are younger applicants really showing up to interviews with zero social skills, or are companies just setting ridiculous expectations? What is actually happening in intervi…u/president_of_it · Oct 26 · text post
- Emergency responders of Reddit, what’s the most common dangerous decision that people make?u/popemudkip · Oct 23 · text post
- Restaurant chefs of Reddit: What is a common menu item that is almost always a total rip-off or prepared in the laziest way possible?u/DoubleVodkaDietCoke · Oct 25 · text post
- What’s the greatest SOLVED mystery?u/twopd · Oct 28 · text post
- What is a skill in high demand right now, but low supply?u/Agreeable_Quality768 · Oct 25 · text post
- What’s the worst cheating story you’ve ever heard?u/Homunculus_316 · Oct 26 · text post
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/AskReddit, from 2017 to 2021, ranked by Reddit.
- People who haven't pooped in 2019 yet, why are you still holding on to last years shit?u/ShoddySubstance · Jan 1, 2019 · 202,717 points · 7,779 comments · text post
- Would you watch a show where a billionaire CEO has to go an entire month on their lowest paid employees salary, without access to any other resources than that of the employee? What do you think woul…u/txhorns1330 · Feb 7, 2020 · 177,186 points · 13,107 comments · text post
- What if God came down one day and said "It's pronounced 'Jod' then left?u/esi_disi · Sep 20, 2020 · text post
- How would you feel about a feature where if someone upvotes a crosspost, the original post is upvoted automatically?u/Ka1- · Nov 4, 2019 · 183,206 points · 2,830 comments · text post
- How would you feel about a "if you accidentally scroll to the top, you can go back to where you were," button for Reddit?u/Cheap_Double9726 · Jan 5, 2021 · text post
- Stan Lee has passed away at 95 years oldu/-eDgAR- · Nov 12, 2018 · 164,426 points · 28,802 comments · text post
- Reddit, how would you feel about a law that bans radio stations from playing commercials with honking/beeping/siren noises in them?u/san69cor · Sep 18, 2018 · 149,070 points · 6,918 comments · text post
- Bill Gates said, "I will always choose a lazy person to do a difficult job because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it." What's a real-life example of this?u/lauvnoodles · Jun 30, 2020 · text post
- What if Earth is like one of those uncontacted tribes in South America, like the whole Galaxy knows we're here but they've agreed not to contact us until we figure it out for ourselves?u/slim_p_ · Dec 26, 2020 · text post
- Anthony Bourdain once said "There's a guy in my head, and all he wants to do is lay in bed all day long, smoke pot, and watch old movies and cartoons. My life is a series of strategems, to avoid, and…Oct 3, 2019 · 150,804 points · 11,341 comments · text post
What r/AskReddit talks about
We read the titles of 700 recent posts (Oct 22–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “life”, “feel”, “favorite”, “work” and “actually”. Other frequent themes are small, wish, relationship, realize, money and experience. Recurring phrases include “red flag”, “video game”, “life lesson” and “everyday item”. By format, 100% are text posts and 0% are links.
Activity and best time to post
r/AskReddit gets about 4,440 new posts a day. The public archive holds 41,987,221 posts and 885,482,683 comments in total, about 21.1 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Tuesday (4,760 posts) and the quietest was Sunday (3,803). Posting peaks around 16:00 UTC and is lowest around 08:00 UTC.
Rules of r/AskReddit
The moderators of r/AskReddit list 11 rules. In short:
- Rule 1 - Questions must be clear and direct and may not use the body textbox
- Rule 2 - No personal or professional advice requests
- Rule 3 - Open ended questions only
- Rule 4 - No personal info
- Rule 5 - No loaded questions
- Rule 6 - [Serious] tagged posts are off-limits to jokes or irrelevant replies
- Rule 7 - No begging for goods or services, or Reddit rewards
- Rule 8 - Be respectful to other users at all times and conduct your behaviour in a civil manner
- Rule 9 - No image only replies or large ascii art
- Rule 10 - Harmful Misinformation
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/AskReddit 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/AskReddit have?
r/AskReddit has 60,004,400 subscribers (Oct 29, 2026), which makes it the #3 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 335,439 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.
When was r/AskReddit created?
r/AskReddit was created on Jan 25, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
Is r/AskReddit still active?
Yes. r/AskReddit gets about 4,440 new posts a day (average of the last week). Over its lifetime the archive counts 41,987,221 posts and 885,482,683 comments. In a sample of 700 recent posts we counted 560 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/AskReddit?
Based on post counts from Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026, the busiest day was Tuesday and the quietest Sunday, and most posts arrive around 16:00 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 kind of posts are on r/AskReddit?
The community describes itself as: “r/AskReddit is the place to ask and answer thought-provoking questions.” Recent post titles often mention life, feel, favorite, work and actually. Most posts are text posts (100%).
Is r/AskReddit SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/AskReddit as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/AskReddit?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/AskReddit accepts text posts only. It has 11 posted rules, starting with: “Rule 1 - Questions must be clear and direct and may not use the body textbox”; “Rule 2 - No personal or professional advice requests”; “Rule 3 - Open ended questions only”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/AskReddit?
Communities with similar topics include r/askscience (26.4M), r/AskEconomics (1.5M), r/confession (12M), r/explainlikeimfive (23.7M) and r/funny (67.6M).
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/AskReddit.