About r/LiveFromNewYork
In its own words:
New York’s hottest club is…
Community guide
r/LiveFromNewYork (#974, about 1.1 million) is the Saturday Night Live discussion room—sketches, hosts and weekend episodes—not a general comedy clip dump.
What belongs
SNL talk and clips (about 55 posts/day; text, video and images). Rules bar low-quality posts, incivility, spam, reposts, unrelated content, editorialized headlines, brigading and pirated material.
Versus general comedy rooms
General funny or pop-culture rooms do not keep the show’s episode-and-sketch focus. Come here when the topic is Saturday Night Live itself.
Practical pointers
Stay on the broadcast; don’t post leaked or pirated sketches.
The community was created on Dec 9, 2010, which makes it 15 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 1,555 subscribers (+0.14%). It sits just behind r/Instagram (#972) and ahead of r/VisitingHawaii (#974) in our ranking.
What sets r/LiveFromNewYork apart
Posts here spark a lot of conversation: the archive averages 37.5 comments per post, roughly 2.9× the typical big subreddit (13.0). For its size it is unusually busy: about 50.0 new posts a day per million members, more than 85% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.97% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 89% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (04:00 UTC) sees about 18.5× as many posts as the quietest (09:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/LiveFromNewYork climbed from 1,083,285 to 1,093,748 subscribers (+10.5K, +0.97%). That is about 205 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/LiveFromNewYork this week
The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Nov 8, 2026).
- On February 12, 2011, Russell Brand hosted SNL with Chris Brown as the musical guest. Are these two the most problematic host/musical guest combo in the history of SNL?u/thing_place_person · Nov 6 · image
- What I have to tell you... is I *may* have voted blue.u/brrkat · Nov 4 · image
- Talafreako!u/Tiny-Delivery6966 · Nov 8 · image
- It’s Time for Bobby Moynihan to Host Saturday Night Liveu/snlstats · Nov 3 · link
- Miss him 😭u/Stock_Ad162 · Nov 1 · image
- I want Jeremy Culhane to play her this weekend.u/Deinocerites · Nov 2 · image
- Michael Che Wants ‘SNL’ to Do Less Political Cold Opens, but ‘I Know How Our Bread is Buttered’u/MarvelsGrantMan136 · Nov 4 · link
- A Druski sketch involving Haley Stevens should absolutely be on the table for next weeku/mofa90277 · Nov 1 · image
- Bobby's rightu/derek4reals1 · Nov 4 · video
- Thank you, JAJu/boppysbop · Nov 2 · text post
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/LiveFromNewYork, from 2022 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- Tim Robinson’s time as a cast member may have been brief but at least he gave us this legendary momentu/nialldude3 · Sep 25, 2022 · 45,864 points · 1,130 comments · video
- Conan O'Brien with his former intern Vanessa Bayeru/RossSkyWalkerr · Jun 13, 2022 · 43,718 points · 937 comments · image
- Can anyone else see Aziz Ansari playing Kash Patel in SNL and doing a fantastically hilarious job?u/Indianstanicows · Sep 14, 2025 · image
- You know it’s bad when even Che is taking it seriouslyu/Choice-Parsley-5021 · Nov 1, 2025 · image
- If everyone treats you like trash, why don't you just... become trash?Aug 30, 2022 · 36,365 points · 178 comments · image
- A pre-famous Tenacious D appearing as a credited special guest in 1998u/thatonesnlguy · Jun 29, 2022 · 35,255 points · 939 comments · video
- Pete-lejuice, Pete-lejuice, Pete-lejuiceu/Poludnitsa23 · Feb 11, 2022 · 35,769 points · 324 comments · image
- Michael responded to Kanye’s offeru/XOSkyXO · Feb 13, 2022 · 33,222 points · 1,211 comments · gallery
- Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers & Stephen Colbert together during tonight’s taping of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ in Brooklyn: “Hi Donald!”u/cmaia1503 · Oct 1, 2025 · image
- This isn’t funny anymoreu/shipwrecked97 · Jan 19, 2026 · image
What r/LiveFromNewYork talks about
Looking at the titles of 380 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “snl”, “sketch”, “halloween”, “night” and “live”. Other frequent themes are cold, host, david, open, pumpkins and weekend. Recurring phrases include “cold open”, “saturday night”, “night live” and “michael che”. By format, 35% are text posts, 28% are videos and 24% are images.
Popular post flairs: Discussion (153), Other (52), Sketch (49), Weekend Update (17), Cast Photo (15), Meme (14).
Activity and best time to post
r/LiveFromNewYork gets about 55 new posts a day. The public archive holds 86,961 posts and 3,263,465 comments in total, about 37.5 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (105 posts) and the quietest was Friday (40). Posting peaks around 04:00 UTC and is lowest around 09:00 UTC.
Rules of r/LiveFromNewYork
The moderators of r/LiveFromNewYork list 8 rules. In short:
- Don't post low-quality content
- Don't be uncivil
- Don't spam
- Don't repost
- Don't post unrelated content
- Don't editorialize article titles
- Don't brigade
- Don't pirate material
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/LiveFromNewYork 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/LiveFromNewYork have?
r/LiveFromNewYork has 1,093,748 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #973 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 10,463 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How old is r/LiveFromNewYork?
r/LiveFromNewYork was created on Dec 9, 2010, so it has been around for 15 years.
How active is r/LiveFromNewYork?
Very active: r/LiveFromNewYork gets about 55 new posts a day (average of the last week). Over its lifetime the archive counts 86,961 posts and 3,263,465 comments. In a sample of 380 recent posts we counted 296 different authors.
When is r/LiveFromNewYork most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday and the quietest Friday, and most posts arrive around 04:00 UTC, with the fewest around 09:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/LiveFromNewYork about?
The community describes itself as: “New York’s hottest club is…” Recent post titles often mention snl, sketch, halloween, night and live. Most posts are text posts (35%).
Is r/LiveFromNewYork safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/LiveFromNewYork as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/LiveFromNewYork?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/LiveFromNewYork accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “Don't post low-quality content”; “Don't be uncivil”; “Don't spam”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 9, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 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/LiveFromNewYork.