About r/Fishing
In its own words:
Fishing related news and personal stories.
Community guide
r/Fishing (#335, about 3.1 million) shares fishing news and personal stories. Rules: respect person/fish/water/land and other users; no promotions/ads/surveys; no injuries; no memes/shitposts/AI; no ID of harvested fish. Text/Image (~30.2 ppd).
Fishing stories and news
Catches and fishing talk fit; injury content and harvested-fish ID requests do not.
No memes or AI
No memes, shitposts, or AI-generated content; no promo surveys.
Practical pointers
Text/image/gallery mix; Freshwater/Saltwater/Question flairs.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Aug 29, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 444 subscribers (+0.01%). Among the 17 communities on our fishing list it is the largest. It sits just behind r/learntodraw (#334) and ahead of r/WhitePeopleTwitter (#336) in our ranking.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/Fishing climbed from 3,145,020 to 3,148,144 subscribers (+3.1K, +0.10%). That is about 71 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/Fishing talks about
We read the titles of 200 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “fish”, “catch”, “caught”, “trout” and “rod”. Other frequent themes are help, reel, advice, looking, bass and bait. Recurring phrases include “rainbow trout”, “spinning rod”, “absolute behemoth” and “biggest fish”. By format, 37% are text posts, 36% are images and 19% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: Freshwater (42), Question (26), Saltwater (25), Discussion (11), Other (3), ID (2).
Activity and best time to post
r/Fishing gets about 30 new posts a day. The public archive holds 404,617 posts and 3,437,420 comments in total, about 8.5 comments per post.
Rules of r/Fishing
The moderators of r/Fishing list 6 rules. In short:
- Respect the person, the fish, the water, and the land.
- Respect other users.
- No promotions, advertisements, surveys, petitions or market research.
- No Injuries.
- No Memes, Shitposting or AI generated content.
- No Identification of Harvested Fish.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/Fishing 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/Fishing have?
r/Fishing has 3,148,144 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #335 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 3,124 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/Fishing?
r/Fishing was created on Aug 29, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
How active is r/Fishing?
Very active: r/Fishing gets about 30 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 404,617 posts and 3,437,420 comments. In a sample of 200 recent posts we counted 176 different authors.
What is r/Fishing about?
The community describes itself as: “Fishing related news and personal stories.” Recent post titles often mention fish, catch, caught, trout and rod. Most posts are text posts (37%).
Is r/Fishing safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/Fishing as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/Fishing?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/Fishing accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 6 posted rules, starting with: “Respect the person, the fish, the water, and the land.”; “Respect other users.”; “No promotions, advertisements, surveys, petitions or market research.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/Fishing?
Communities with similar topics include r/homestead (3.6M), r/PersonalFinanceCanada (1.9M), r/povertyfinance (2.9M), r/Meditation (3.6M) and r/nottheonion (26.1M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 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/Fishing.