About r/Basketball
In its own words:
r/Basketball is a community of hoops fans to chat about playing and watching the game. All leagues are open for discussion including NBA, WNBA, NCAA, G-League, EuroLeague, as well as FIBA events. Keep it clean!
The community was created on Apr 13, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 564 subscribers (+0.03%). Among the 18 communities on our basketball list it is number 3 by size.
What sets r/Basketball apart
r/Basketball is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 60% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 17% across the Top 100. People mostly look and upvote here rather than comment — about 7.3 comments per post, against 16.2 for a typical large subreddit. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (18:00 UTC) sees about 9.0× as many posts as the quietest (02:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/Basketball grew from 1,671,861 to 1,673,619 subscribers (+1.8K, +0.11%). That is about 44 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/Basketball talks about
We read the titles of 111 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “nba”, “game”, “player”, “play” and “league”. Other frequent themes are watch, team, good, season, pickup and pro. Recurring phrases include “victor edge”, “ernie johnson” and “jalen williams”. By format, 60% are text posts, 31% are links and 9% are videos.
Popular post flairs: NBA (12), GENERAL QUESTION (10), DISCUSSION (8), IMPROVING MY GAME (7), Rumor (2), DUNKING (1).
Activity and best time to post
r/Basketball gets about 14 new posts a day. The public archive holds 105,733 posts and 771,068 comments in total, about 7.3 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Wednesday (20 posts) and the quietest was Friday (12). Posting peaks around 18:00 UTC and is lowest around 02:00 UTC.
Rules of r/Basketball
The moderators of r/Basketball list 6 rules. In short:
- You cannot post your own YouTube videos without being an active participant in r/Basketball.
- You cannot post to your own website unless you are abiding by Reddit's rules for self-promotion.
- Instant ban for: - racism - sexism - homophobia - bigotry
- No How Tall Will I Be Posts
- NO "Is it too late to Start Playing" or "Can I make the NBA posts" or "Should I quit"
- NO I lost my love for basketball, help me
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/Basketball 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 big is r/Basketball?
r/Basketball has 1,673,619 subscribers, which makes it the #634 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 1,758 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.
How old is r/Basketball?
r/Basketball was created on Apr 13, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
How active is r/Basketball?
Moderately: r/Basketball gets about 14 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 105,733 posts and 771,068 comments. In a sample of 111 recent posts we counted 98 different authors.
When is r/Basketball most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 22, 2026 to Oct 28, 2026, the busiest day was Wednesday and the quietest Friday, and most posts arrive around 18:00 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/Basketball about?
The community describes itself as: “r/Basketball is a community of hoops fans to chat about playing and watching the game. All leagues are open for discussion including NBA, WNBA, NCAA, G-League, EuroLeague, as well as FIBA events. Keep it clean!” Recent post titles often mention nba, game, player, play and league. Most posts are text posts (60%).
Is r/Basketball safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/Basketball as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/Basketball?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/Basketball accepts both text and link posts, with polls enabled. It has 6 posted rules, starting with: “You cannot post your own YouTube videos without being an active participant in r/Basketball.”; “You cannot post to your own website unless you are abiding by Reddit's rules for self-promotion.”; “Instant ban for: - racism - sexism - homophobia - bigotry”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/Basketball?
Communities with similar topics include r/leagueoflegends (8.5M), r/nba (17.3M), r/CollegeBasketball (3M), r/PremierLeague (5.1M) and r/sports (22.1M).
Stats from public data (data updated Oct 29, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Oct 30, 2026). 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/Basketball.