r/GTA on SubMouse

About r/GTA

In its own words:

Reddit’s premier GTA community.

Community guide

r/GTA (#277, about 3.6 million) is a general Grand Theft Auto community (series-wide). Collected rules cover Posts must be directly related to GTA; Be Civil and Respectful; Mod Discretion/Low-effort content; Cheats/Bugs/Exploits. Sample ~141.0 ppd (700 posts). Sample mix: image:231, text:203, video:162, gallery:65.

Fit

GTA-related posts. Rules ban money-drop asks, Discord spam, leaks, ads, and promoting cheat use (discussion of bugs/exploits allowed if not promotional). High mixed volume (141 ppd).

Versus gtaonline and GTA6

Those focus on one title/online mode. GTA is the franchise umbrella with anti-leak/anti-drop rules.

SubMouse Editorial

The community was created on Oct 18, 2009, which makes it 17 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 3,162 subscribers (+0.09%). It sits just behind r/Health (#276) and ahead of r/Games (#278) in our ranking.

What sets r/GTA apart

For its size it is unusually busy: about 39.3 new posts a day per million members, more than 87% of the Top 100.

Subscriber growth

Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/GTA grew from 3,567,039 to 3,585,181 subscribers (+18.1K, +0.51%). That is about 412 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.

All-time top posts

The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/GTA, from 2023 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.

Fun fact: GTA 5 is so old that this girl is still using an iPhone 4. We're on iPhone 17 now.u/Severe-blake6720 · Jan 19, 2026 · image
Phew..💀u/mrsamks · May 30, 2025 · video
Now thats what i call a Advertisementu/GrilledCheez__ · Jul 21, 2025 · video
Facts.u/kamilionn · Jun 26, 2025 · image
This is really impressiveu/Squbart05 · Oct 5, 2026 · video
Difference between 5 and 4u/StormCamperTTV · Dec 25, 2023 · video
😀u/BigHead_20 · Mar 3, 2025 · image
If GTA 5 Bikini Girl was in her mid-20s on release, she would turn 40 this year.u/Few-Description-7621 · Jan 23, 2026 · image
Damm!Jan 2, 2025 · image
Who's That Guy That will Pull this off 🤔u/BowlerBorn6864 · Apr 2, 2026 · image

What r/GTA talks about

Across 700 recent posts (Oct 24–Oct 31), the words that come up most are “game”, “city”, “gta6”, “rockstar” and “online”. Other frequent themes are ps5, gameplay, play, map, help and vice. Recurring phrases include “vice city”, “grand theft”, “theft auto” and “south park”. By format, 33% are images, 29% are text posts and 23% are videos.

game 50
city 26
gta6 25
rockstar 23
online 20
ps5 17
gameplay 15
play 15
map 15
help 15
vice 15
real 13
theft 12
san 12
release 12
launch 12
grand 11
mission 11

Popular post flairs: GTA VI (234), GTA V (119), General (48), GTA IV (46), GTA Online (45), GTA: San Andreas (40).

Activity and best time to post

r/GTA gets about 140 new posts a day. The public archive holds 332,064 posts and 3,424,030 comments in total, about 10.3 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Thursday (155 posts) and the quietest was Sunday (128). Posting peaks around 14:00 UTC and is lowest around 01:00 UTC.

Posts per hour of the day, UTC, Oct 24, 2026 – Oct 30, 2026

Images 33%Text posts 29%Videos 23%Galleries 9%Links 6%

Rules of r/GTA

The moderators of r/GTA list 11 rules. In short:

Posts must be directly related to GTA
Be Civil and Respectful
Mod Discretion/Low-effort content
Cheats/Bugs/Exploits
No promoting or advertising
No asking for in-game money or money drops.
No reposts from the last 90 days or top 50 of all time.
The discussion of bugs, exploits, and cheats is allowed so long as it does not promote its use.
Please refrain from spamming the sub with links to your Discord. Nobody cares.
NO SPAM!

How to join

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

r/GTA has 3,585,181 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #277 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 18,142 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.

How old is r/GTA?

r/GTA was created on Oct 18, 2009, so it has been around for 17 years.

How active is r/GTA?

Very active: r/GTA gets about 140 new posts a day (average of the last week). Over its lifetime the archive counts 332,064 posts and 3,424,030 comments. In a sample of 700 recent posts we counted 560 different authors.

When is r/GTA most active?

Based on post counts from Oct 24, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026, the busiest day was Thursday and the quietest Sunday, and most posts arrive around 14:00 UTC, with the fewest around 01:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.

What is r/GTA about?

The community describes itself as: “Reddit’s premier GTA community.” Recent post titles often mention game, city, gta6, rockstar and online. Most posts are images (33%).

Is r/GTA safe for work?

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

How do I post on r/GTA?

Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/GTA accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and polls enabled. It has 11 posted rules, starting with: “Posts must be directly related to GTA”; “Be Civil and Respectful”; “Mod Discretion/Low-effort content”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.

Which communities are like r/GTA?

Communities with similar topics include r/GTA6 (1.7M), r/reddeadredemption (2.5M), r/PremierLeague (5.1M), r/spacex (3.7M) and r/hockey (3.1M).

Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 2, 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/GTA.

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