About r/FreeEBOOKS
In its own words:
Find great free ebooks!
Community guide
r/FreeEBOOKS (#470, about 2.4 million) is find great free ebooks!. Collected rules highlight All posts should be about free downloadable books; Do not post about illegal downloads; and Do not be an asshole, among 6 listed. Activity mix in sample: link:276. Busy sample (~37.7 ppd across 276 posts).
Community focus
Find great free ebooks! Compared with adjacent topical subs, keep content inside this sub’s own boundaries.
Rules that shape posts
From the collected list: All posts should be about free downloadable books; Do not post about illegal downloads; Do not be an asshole; Do not post the same book over and over. When a rule title is terse, assume the live wiki/sidebar has the detail.
Before you post
Check flair, spoiler, and self-promo norms. Busy sample (~37.7 ppd across 276 posts). Submission setting notes: Link submissions are the configured default type..
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Sep 1, 2009, which makes it 17 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 386 subscribers (+0.02%). It sits just behind r/nvidia (#469) and ahead of r/ethtrader (#471) in our ranking.
What sets r/FreeEBOOKS apart
r/FreeEBOOKS is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 1.6 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 13.6.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/FreeEBOOKS grew from 2,366,485 to 2,368,893 subscribers (+2.4K, +0.10%). That is about 55 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/FreeEBOOKS talks about
We read the titles of 276 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “free”, “kindle”, “nov”, “book” and “november”. Other frequent themes are books, horror, pdf, oct, amazon and fantasy. Recurring phrases include “free kindle”, “kindle free”, “free oct” and “november 3rd”. By format, 100% are links.
Popular post flairs: I'm an Author! (55), Nonfiction (37), Fantasy (24), Horror (23), Fiction (22), Science Fiction (20).
Activity and best time to post
r/FreeEBOOKS gets about 38 new posts a day. The public archive holds 143,185 posts and 224,390 comments in total, about 1.6 comments per post.
Rules of r/FreeEBOOKS
The moderators of r/FreeEBOOKS list 6 rules. In short:
- All posts should be about free downloadable books.
- Do not post about illegal downloads
- Do not be an asshole.
- Do not post the same book over and over.
- Do not post affiliate links.
- Read all the rules.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/FreeEBOOKS 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/FreeEBOOKS have?
r/FreeEBOOKS has 2,368,893 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #470 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 2,408 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/FreeEBOOKS created?
r/FreeEBOOKS was created on Sep 1, 2009, so it has been around for 17 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Feb 4, 2013.
Is r/FreeEBOOKS still active?
Yes. r/FreeEBOOKS gets about 38 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 143,185 posts and 224,390 comments. In a sample of 276 recent posts we counted 205 different authors.
What kind of posts are on r/FreeEBOOKS?
The community describes itself as: “Find great free ebooks!” Recent post titles often mention free, kindle, nov, book and november. Most posts are links (100%).
Is r/FreeEBOOKS SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/FreeEBOOKS as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/FreeEBOOKS?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/FreeEBOOKS accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts). It has 6 posted rules, starting with: “All posts should be about free downloadable books.”; “Do not post about illegal downloads”; “Do not be an asshole.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/FreeEBOOKS?
Communities with similar topics include r/booksuggestions (1.4M), r/harrypotter (3.8M), r/popculturechat (6.7M), r/ATBGE (2.3M) and r/BeAmazed (9.7M).
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/FreeEBOOKS.