r/Bitcoin on SubMouse

About r/Bitcoin

In its own words:

Bitcoin is the currency of the Internet: a distributed, worldwide, decentralized digital money. Unlike traditional currencies such as dollars, bitcoins are issued and managed without any central authority whatsoever: there is no government, company, or bank in charge of Bitcoin. As such, it is more resistant to wild inflation and corrupt banks. With Bitcoin, you can be your own bank.

The community was created on Sep 9, 2010, which makes it 16 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 3,274 subscribers (+0.04%). Among the 13 communities on our cryptocurrency list it is number 2 by size. It sits just behind r/PS5 (#94) and ahead of r/rarepuppers (#96) in our ranking.

What sets r/Bitcoin apart

r/Bitcoin is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 58% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 17% across the Top 100.

Subscriber growth

Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/Bitcoin went up from 8,180,178 to 8,194,244 subscribers (+14.1K, +0.17%). That is about 352 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.

All-time top posts

The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/Bitcoin, from 2017 to 2024, ranked by Reddit.

Bitcoin Hit 100kDec 5, 2024 · image
It's official! 1 Bitcoin = $10,000 USDu/LeeWallis · Nov 29, 2017 · 47,322 points · 4,671 comments · video
The last 3 months in 47 seconds.u/Tricky_Troll · Feb 4, 2018 · 48,199 points · 800 comments · video
Just found an old wallet from 7 years agoDec 30, 2024 · gallery
Tesla buys $1.5b in Bitcoin and is looking to accept the crypto as a form of payment in the near future...u/AlphaGrayWolf · Feb 8, 2021 · video
It's over 9000!!!u/wolfwolfz · Nov 26, 2017 · 41,872 points · 3,274 comments · image
Everyone who's trading BTC right nowJan 6, 2018 · 41,819 points · 828 comments · image
Robinhood just blocked several stocks from being bought. They locked the buy button when it suited them. Don't buy Bitcoin on Robinhood. Ever.u/Secret_Operative · Jan 28, 2021 · text post
The Bitcoin $100 and Bitcoin $100K side by side video is insaneu/No-Comparison-9307 · Dec 5, 2024 · video
Quick, upvote this to confuse everyone into thinking the price jumped back up.u/khaotickk · Jul 24, 2019 · 36,690 points · 586 comments · image

What r/Bitcoin talks about

Looking at the titles of 377 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “btc”, “crypto”, “october”, “buy” and “money”. Other frequent themes are daily, quantum, wallet, discussion, gold and hold. Recurring phrases include “daily discussion”, “discussion october”, “bull run” and “buy btc”. By format, 58% are text posts, 26% are images and 8% are links.

btc 39
crypto 19
october 12
buy 12
money 9
daily 8
quantum 8
wallet 8
discussion 7
gold 7
hold 7
question 6
foundation 6
binance 5
mining 5
bitcoins 5
help 5
bull 5

Popular post flairs: low quality (17), bitcoinmarkets (16), no context (9), duplicate (7), repetitive (7), off topic (6).

Activity and best time to post

r/Bitcoin gets about 63 new posts a day. The public archive holds 1,396,484 posts and 18,828,793 comments in total, about 13.5 comments per post.

Text posts 58%Images 26%Links 8%Videos 5%Galleries 3%

Rules of r/Bitcoin

The moderators of r/Bitcoin list 10 rules. In short:

No malicious content
No trolling
Do not promote altcoins
The primary topic is Bitcoin
Avoid repetition
No begging
No trading
No faucets
No URL shorteners or referrals
Do not promote contentious hard forks

How to join

Open reddit.com/r/Bitcoin 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/Bitcoin have?

r/Bitcoin has 8,194,244 subscribers (Oct 29, 2026), which makes it the #95 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 14,066 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.

When was r/Bitcoin created?

r/Bitcoin was created on Sep 9, 2010, so it has been around for 16 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Sep 10, 2010.

Is r/Bitcoin still active?

Yes. r/Bitcoin gets about 63 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 1,396,484 posts and 18,828,793 comments. In a sample of 377 recent posts we counted 276 different authors.

What kind of posts are on r/Bitcoin?

The community describes itself as: “Bitcoin is the currency of the Internet: a distributed, worldwide, decentralized digital money. Unlike traditional currencies such as dollars, bitcoins are issued and managed without any central authority whatsoever: th…” Recent post titles often mention btc, crypto, october, buy and money. Most posts are text posts (58%).

Is r/Bitcoin SFW?

Yes. Reddit does not mark r/Bitcoin as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.

What are the rules of r/Bitcoin?

Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/Bitcoin accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 10 posted rules, starting with: “No malicious content”; “No trolling”; “Do not promote altcoins”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.

What subreddits are similar to r/Bitcoin?

Communities with similar topics include r/CryptoCurrency (10.2M), r/InternetIsBeautiful (16.6M), r/wholesomememes (18.3M), r/soccer (8.8M) and r/soccercirclejerk (1.5M).

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/Bitcoin.

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