About r/CollegeBasketball
In its own words:
Your home for College Basketball on the internet. Forever. Discord: https://discord.gg/redditcbb Twitter: https://twitter.com/redditCBB
The community was created on Feb 22, 2010, which makes it 16 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 825 subscribers (+0.03%). Among the 18 communities on our basketball list it is number 2 by size.
What sets r/CollegeBasketball apart
Posts here spark a lot of conversation: the archive averages 56.1 comments per post, roughly 3.5× the typical big subreddit (16.2).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/CollegeBasketball climbed from 3,027,552 to 3,029,892 subscribers (+2.3K, +0.08%). That is about 59 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/CollegeBasketball talks about
Across 175 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “exhibition”, “basketball”, “game”, “final” and “state”. Other frequent themes are college, kansas, preseason, defeats, teams and season. Recurring phrases include “exhibition final”, “exhibition game”, “college basketball” and “men basketball”. By format, 38% are images, 30% are text posts and 23% are links.
Popular post flairs: News (23), Post Game Thread (17), Game Thread (15), Discussion (13), Analysis / Statistics (13), Recruiting (5).
Activity and best time to post
r/CollegeBasketball gets about 26 new posts a day. The public archive holds 329,335 posts and 18,484,203 comments in total, about 56.1 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Wednesday (36 posts) and the quietest was Monday (20). Posting peaks around 18:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.
Rules of r/CollegeBasketball
The moderators of r/CollegeBasketball list 9 rules. In short:
- No flamebait, harassment, or personal attacks
- No racism, sexism, homophobia, bigotry, etc.
- No personal information
- Spam/self-promotion is not allowed
- No politics or religion
- Follow the correct format for game/postgame threads
- Recruiting Posts
- Be a positive contributor
- Posts to Avoid
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/CollegeBasketball 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/CollegeBasketball have?
r/CollegeBasketball has 3,029,892 subscribers, which makes it the #358 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 2,340 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.
When was r/CollegeBasketball created?
r/CollegeBasketball was created on Feb 22, 2010, so it has been around for 16 years.
Is r/CollegeBasketball still active?
Yes. r/CollegeBasketball gets about 26 new posts a day (average of the last week). Over its lifetime the archive counts 329,335 posts and 18,484,203 comments. In a sample of 175 recent posts we counted 128 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/CollegeBasketball?
Based on post counts from Oct 22, 2026 to Oct 28, 2026, the busiest day was Wednesday and the quietest Monday, and most posts arrive around 18:00 UTC, with the fewest around 04:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/CollegeBasketball?
The community describes itself as: “Your home for College Basketball on the internet. Forever. Discord: https://discord.gg/redditcbb Twitter: https://twitter.com/redditCBB” Recent post titles often mention exhibition, basketball, game, final and state. Most posts are images (38%).
Is r/CollegeBasketball SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/CollegeBasketball as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/CollegeBasketball?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/CollegeBasketball accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 9 posted rules, starting with: “No flamebait, harassment, or personal attacks”; “No racism, sexism, homophobia, bigotry, etc.”; “No personal information”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/CollegeBasketball?
Communities with similar topics include r/Basketball (1.7M), r/BikiniBottomTwitter (4.8M), r/wholesomememes (18.3M), r/nfl (12.9M) and r/dataisbeautiful (21.8M).
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/CollegeBasketball.