About r/CallOfDuty
In its own words:
Call of Duty is a first-person shooter video game series developed by Treyarch, Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games, and Raven Software and published by Activision. r/CallofDuty is a developer-recognized community focused on the franchise.
Community guide
r/CallOfDuty (#691, about 1.5 million subscribers) — Call of Duty is a first-person shooter video game series developed by Treyarch, Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games, and Raven Software and published by Activision. r/CallofDuty is a developer-recognized community… A recent sample averaged 55 posts a day (~48% text, ~24% image, ~16% video). Its public rules include: General Guidelines; Relevancy Guidelines; Frequency Guidelines; Feedback Guidelines; Meme Guidelines.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Match posts to: General Guidelines; Relevancy Guidelines; Frequency Guidelines; Feedback Guidelines.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—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. Common flairs include: Discussion, Question, Image, Video.
The community was created on Nov 16, 2009, which makes it 16 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 909 subscribers (+0.06%). It sits just behind r/Catswithjobs (#690) and ahead of r/recruitinghell (#692) in our ranking.
What sets r/CallOfDuty apart
People mostly look and upvote here rather than comment — about 4.9 comments per post, against 13.0 for a typical large subreddit. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (16:00 UTC) sees about 4.6× as many posts as the quietest (08:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/CallOfDuty climbed from 1,539,048 to 1,547,020 subscribers (+8K, +0.52%). That is about 156 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/CallOfDuty this week
The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Nov 7, 2026).
- [COD] This was me in 2012 at Blockbuster getting my Christmas presentu/Oscar_wash · Nov 4 · image
- [CoD] 4 Modern Warfare was released 19 years ago todayu/KoolKlipKreator · Nov 5 · image
- [COD] How would you feel if COD went down a Modern American Civil War route?u/Serious-Spare6190 · Nov 6 · image
- [CoD] What does the word “mil-sim” mean to youu/Emergency-Garlic9185 · Nov 3 · gallery
- [COD] New to the franchise, which game should i start with?u/Nice-Ingenuity-615 · Nov 5 · image
- Officially 10 years since [MWR] released 4th November 2016.u/TheRed24 · Nov 4 · image
- [MW2] Is Shepherd meant to be flat out wrong about Makarov?u/Emergency-Garlic9185 · Nov 5 · image
- [COD2]: Big Red One was released on this day 21 years ago!u/Automatic_Ad1665 · Nov 1 · image
- [COD] The map below showcases the countries featured as locations in campaigns across the Call of Duty Franchise (2003-2026). It didn't include the multiplayer mapsu/Quick-Ad-7752 · Nov 5 · image
- A Different Kind of Halloween [COD] Ghostu/Viciousjellyman · Nov 3 · image
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/CallOfDuty, from 2020 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- I miss Factions. [COD]u/Vanilla_Ice_Best_Boi · Nov 26, 2024 · image
- [MW] Perfectionu/XxBoatLickerxX · Sep 19, 2020 · image
- [Bo2] I made an oil painting of Hijackedu/Senior-Swordfish1361 · Dec 1, 2024 · image
- They get no mercy [MW2]u/ChewAssKickBubblgum · Jun 17, 2020 · image
- [COD] Only OGs rememberu/Deztard · Jul 27, 2020 · video
- [MW2] The impressive 'devolution' of Ghostu/Paladin-Leeroy · Aug 17, 2026 · image
- [MW] Campwarfareu/bojanaonk · Aug 3, 2020 · image
- [BO2] happy 2025u/FoxDaim · Jan 1, 2025 · image
- COD is Cooked [COD]u/Purehate28 · Jul 24, 2025 · image
- [COD] CoD studios when deciding a settingNov 15, 2024 · image
What r/CallOfDuty talks about
Looking at the titles of 378 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “cod”, “call”, “duty”, “mw3” and “mw2”. Other frequent themes are mw4, game, cod4, warfare, campaign and modern. Recurring phrases include “modern warfare”, “cod call”, “duty franchise” and “black ops”. By format, 48% are text posts, 24% are images and 16% are videos.
Popular post flairs: Discussion (111), Question (107), Image (28), Video (28), Support (21), Gameplay (18).
Activity and best time to post
r/CallOfDuty gets about 55 new posts a day. The public archive holds 541,697 posts and 2,657,533 comments in total, about 4.9 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Friday (67 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (37). Posting peaks around 16:00 UTC and is lowest around 08:00 UTC.
Rules of r/CallOfDuty
The moderators of r/CallOfDuty list 7 rules. In short:
- General Guidelines
- Relevancy Guidelines
- Frequency Guidelines
- Feedback Guidelines
- Meme Guidelines
- Promotion Guidelines
- Support Guidelines
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/CallOfDuty 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/CallOfDuty have?
r/CallOfDuty has 1,547,020 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #691 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 7,972 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How old is r/CallOfDuty?
r/CallOfDuty was created on Nov 16, 2009, so it has been around for 16 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Apr 16, 2010.
How active is r/CallOfDuty?
Very active: r/CallOfDuty gets about 55 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 541,697 posts and 2,657,533 comments. In a sample of 378 recent posts we counted 323 different authors.
When is r/CallOfDuty most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Friday and the quietest Wednesday, 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 is r/CallOfDuty about?
The community describes itself as: “Call of Duty is a first-person shooter video game series developed by Treyarch, Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games, and Raven Software and published by Activision. r/CallofDuty is a developer-recognized community focused…” Recent post titles often mention cod, call, duty, mw3 and mw2. Most posts are text posts (48%).
Is r/CallOfDuty safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/CallOfDuty as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/CallOfDuty?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/CallOfDuty accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 7 posted rules, starting with: “General Guidelines”; “Relevancy Guidelines”; “Frequency Guidelines”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/CallOfDuty?
Communities with similar topics include r/modernwarfare (1.3M), r/CODWarzone (1.4M), r/halo (2M), r/cyberpunkgame (2.7M) and r/VALORANT (2.7M).
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/CallOfDuty.