r/Minecraft on SubMouse

About r/Minecraft

In its own words:

Minecraft community on Reddit

The community was created on Jun 11, 2009, which makes it 17 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 4,685 subscribers (+0.05%). Among the 19 communities on our Minecraft list it is the largest. It sits just behind r/soccer (#86) and ahead of r/FunnyAnimals (#88) in our ranking.

What sets r/Minecraft apart

For its size it is unusually busy: about 49.9 new posts a day per million members, more than 97% of the Top 100.

Subscriber growth

Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/Minecraft went up from 8,763,752 to 8,788,358 subscribers (+24.6K, +0.28%). That is about 615 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.

All-time top posts

The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/Minecraft, from 2019 to 2022, ranked by Reddit.

A ziplining contraption I created with 1000+ command blocksu/ShrimpySeagull · Jul 25, 2020 · video
The steepest walkable staircase possible in 1.16u/nowitscleanandheavy · Sep 6, 2020 · video
I made a texture pack that gives mobs different facial expressions. Should I keep going?u/leckaschmecka · Nov 2, 2019 · 128,866 points · 3,148 comments · video
I swear, this was just supposed to be a normal Water Bucket fall videou/13thPlayer · May 4, 2019 · 106,091 points · 1,522 comments · video
We played a multiplayer hardcore realm during corona, where any time any person died we reset the world. Here's how we did!u/00plebian · Feb 21, 2021 · image
All pickaxes racing against each other.u/kwikenkwak · Aug 20, 2020 · video
The First Nightu/yourfreakyneighbourh · Oct 29, 2020 · image
I Built the Entire Universe in Minecraft! ✨u/ChrisDaCow · Oct 4, 2022 · 120,491 points · 2,849 comments · video
I gave Villagers some Wonder Applesu/SepthGear · May 26, 2020 · video
Hope this makes your day better.u/idkausername_27 · Jun 29, 2020 · video

What r/Minecraft talks about

Across 671 recent posts (Oct 22–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “world”, “help”, “bedrock”, “game” and “found”. Other frequent themes are house, map, farm, build, version and java. Recurring phrases include “texture pack”, “bedrock edition”, “real-world map” and “help finding”. By format, 34% are text posts, 29% are images and 22% are galleries.

world 39
help 38
bedrock 34
game 19
found 18
house 16
map 16
farm 16
build 15
version 13
java 13
work 13
switch 12
edition 11
villager 11
looking 11
sift 11
spawn 10

Popular post flairs: Help (157), :red_parrot: Discussion (143), :gold_pickaxe: Builds & Maps (112), Help Bedrock (53), :maps: Seeds & World Gen (44), :mods: Mods & Addons (37).

Activity and best time to post

r/Minecraft gets about 440 new posts a day. The public archive holds 3,722,628 posts and 31,307,917 comments in total, about 8.4 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Saturday (443 posts) and the quietest was Monday (342). Posting peaks around 18:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.

Posts per hour of the day, UTC, Oct 21, 2026 – Oct 27, 2026

Text posts 34%Images 29%Galleries 22%Videos 12%Links 3%

Rules of r/Minecraft

The moderators of r/Minecraft list 13 rules. In short:

Be civil
Don’t advertise servers or communities
No memes
Don’t post images of text
Do not promote illegal or unethical practices
Stay on topic
Avoid chain posting
Explain your suggestions with a text post
Use a search engine, the wiki or community support before asking questions here
Speak English only.

How to join

Open reddit.com/r/Minecraft 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 big is r/Minecraft?

r/Minecraft has 8,788,358 subscribers (Oct 29, 2026), which makes it the #87 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 24,606 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.

How old is r/Minecraft?

r/Minecraft was created on Jun 11, 2009, so it has been around for 17 years.

How active is r/Minecraft?

Very active: r/Minecraft gets about 440 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 3,722,628 posts and 31,307,917 comments. In a sample of 671 recent posts we counted 609 different authors.

When is r/Minecraft most active?

Based on post counts from Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026, the busiest day was Saturday and the quietest Monday, and most posts arrive around 18:00 UTC, with the fewest around 04:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.

What is r/Minecraft about?

The community describes itself as: “Minecraft community on Reddit” Recent post titles often mention world, help, bedrock, game and found. Most posts are text posts (34%).

Is r/Minecraft safe for work?

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

How do I post on r/Minecraft?

Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/Minecraft accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 13 posted rules, starting with: “Be civil”; “Don’t advertise servers or communities”; “No memes”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.

Which communities are like r/Minecraft?

Communities with similar topics include r/MinecraftMemes (3.4M), r/Minecraftbuilds (1.3M), r/pcmasterrace (16.4M), r/NintendoSwitch (8M) and r/buildapc (8.5M).

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/Minecraft.

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