About r/Jokes
In its own words:
The funniest sub on Reddit. Hundreds of jokes posted each day, and some of them aren't even reposts!
The community was created on Jan 25, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 2,342 subscribers (+0.01%). Among the 5 communities on our jokes list it is the largest. It sits just behind r/news (#14) and ahead of r/space (#16) in our ranking.
What sets r/Jokes apart
Compared with other large communities, r/Jokes leans heavily on text posts (100% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 17%). r/Jokes is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 6.8 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 16.2. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (18:00 UTC) sees about 7.8× as many posts as the quietest (07:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/Jokes grew from 30,428,334 to 30,437,581 subscribers (+9.2K, +0.03%). That is about 231 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Top posts on r/Jokes this week
What the community upvoted most over the last seven days, as ranked by Reddit (collected Oct 29, 2026).
- A guy asks a woman on the street if he can bite her breasts for $100u/dinosaurer · Oct 27 · text post
- A man tells his doctor: "I've had a tapeworm for years. Nobody can get rid of it."u/dinosaurer · Oct 25 · text post
- One day Jesus came across a mob surrounding a woman, armed with stones.u/Dry-Egg8573 · Oct 26 · text post
- I was running late after playing a round of golf, so I left my clubs with my friend, stuffed a bunch of the balls in my pants pockets and got on a bus...u/IEnjoyDadJokes · Oct 23 · text post
- If Lesbians drive Subarus, what kind of car does a Non-Binary person drive?u/A-Dot-Ham1234567 · Oct 25 · text post
- Two very drunk guys stumble into a brothel.u/dinosaurer · Oct 23 · text post
- In a dark and hazy room, peering into a crystal ball,u/harborrider · Oct 24 · text post
- I borded a train at Piccadilly station. After some time, I noticed a young woman opposite me often looking my direction. At length she said, "Each time you smile, I feel like inviting you over to my …u/strobro88 · Oct 25 · text post
- So the boss gets a hot new secretary, and almost immediately they start having an affair. However, within a few weeks, he is feeling displeased at the way she is performing at work: coming to work la…u/Jokeminder42 · Oct 28 · text post
- Psychic copu/Soulviolence66 · Oct 28 · text post
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/Jokes, from 2016 to 2021, ranked by Reddit.
- Sad News: The founder of /r/jokes has passed awayu/error521 · Feb 20, 2020 · 130,145 points · 1,604 comments · text post
- Calm down about the Net Neutrality thing...u/Victorinox2 · Nov 21, 2017 · 128,921 points · 1,622 comments · text post
- Vu/MadGo · Jul 5, 2017 · 95,020 points · 1,367 comments · text post
- A new Navy recruit has his first day on the submarine...u/Ckarini · Oct 8, 2018 · 91,082 points · 755 comments · text post
- What did the reddit user say after detonating a bomb inside a bank?u/cantgetthistowork · Oct 3, 2019 · 93,228 points · 654 comments · text post
- The only two white actors in Black Panther are Martin Freeman, who played Bilbo Baggins, and Andy Serkis who played Gollum.u/bananastanding · Feb 11, 2018 · 90,942 points · 1,409 comments · text post
- Ajit Pai.u/BOBtheman2000 · Dec 14, 2017 · 90,919 points · 1,579 comments · text post
- How many Trump supporters does it take to change a lightbulb?u/gingeronimooo · Nov 5, 2020 · text post
- The 2016 US Presidential Electionu/snowflake47 · Nov 9, 2016 · 81,258 points · 3,694 comments · text post
- Did you hear about the Doctor on the United Flight?u/Meat_Boss · Apr 10, 2017 · 78,292 points · 1,171 comments · text post
What r/Jokes talks about
We read the titles of 383 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “man”, “wife”, “joke”, “call” and “asked”. Other frequent themes are friend, doctor, told, walks, woman and difference. Recurring phrases include “man walks”, “doctor office”, “breaking news” and “man tells”. By format, 100% are text posts and 0% are links.
Popular post flairs: Long (31), Religion (6), Walks into a bar (4), Blonde (4), Rule 2 (3), Chuck Norris (1).
Activity and best time to post
r/Jokes gets about 61 new posts a day. The public archive holds 1,664,217 posts and 11,347,894 comments in total, about 6.8 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Friday (76 posts) and the quietest was Monday (46). Posting peaks around 18:00 UTC and is lowest around 07:00 UTC.
Rules of r/Jokes
The moderators of r/Jokes list 8 rules. In short:
- Rule 1: Jokes should be offered according to our list of best practices.
- Rule 2: No reposts of recent jokes.
- Rule 3: No bigotry, sexualization of minors, hate-speech, misogyny, or other unwelcome content.
- Rule 4: No spam or spam-enabling activity of any kind.
- Rule 5: Adult-oriented media must be properly tagged.
- Rule 6: Please keep your comments lighthearted and civil.
- Rule 7: Accounts must be in good standing.
- Rule 8: Comments must be original and contributory.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/Jokes 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/Jokes have?
r/Jokes has 30,437,581 subscribers (Oct 29, 2026), which makes it the #15 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 9,247 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.
How old is r/Jokes?
r/Jokes was created on Jan 25, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
How active is r/Jokes?
Very active: r/Jokes gets about 61 new posts a day (average of the last week). Over its lifetime the archive counts 1,664,217 posts and 11,347,894 comments. In a sample of 383 recent posts we counted 280 different authors.
When is r/Jokes most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026, the busiest day was Friday and the quietest Monday, and most posts arrive around 18:00 UTC, with the fewest around 07:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/Jokes about?
The community describes itself as: “The funniest sub on Reddit. Hundreds of jokes posted each day, and some of them aren't even reposts!” Recent post titles often mention man, wife, joke, call and asked. Most posts are text posts (100%).
Is r/Jokes safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/Jokes as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/Jokes?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/Jokes accepts text posts only. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “Rule 1: Jokes should be offered according to our list of best practices.”; “Rule 2: No reposts of recent jokes.”; “Rule 3: No bigotry, sexualization of minors, hate-speech, misogyny, or other unwelcome content.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/Jokes?
Communities with similar topics include r/dadjokes (12.2M), r/funny (67.6M), r/FunnyAnimals (8.7M), r/confession (12M) and r/TwoXChromosomes (13.7M).
Stats from public data (data updated Oct 29, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Oct 29, 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/Jokes.