About r/PhilosophyMemes
In its own words:
Banner by u/DefiantPosition. This is the best place on Reddit to post philosophy memes! If you're looking for more formal philosophy discussion please check out r/philosophy. Post your Philosophy-related memes here, not there.
Community guide
r/PhilosophyMemes (#841, about 1.2 million subscribers) — Banner by u/DefiantPosition. This is the best place on Reddit to post philosophy memes! If you're looking for more formal philosophy discussion please check out r/philosophy. Post your Philosophy-related memes here,… A recent sample averaged 12 posts a day (~89% image, ~10% video, ~1% gallery). Its public rules include: All posts must be memes & related to philosophy.; Don't repost. Click for details on how to report a repost.; Crop excessive blank space off of your images.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Match posts to: All posts must be memes & related to philosophy.; Don't repost. Click for details on how to report a repost.; Crop excessive blank space off of your images.; The post itself must be a meme. Titles are not taken into consideration. Recent samples are image-heavy; titles should explain why the media belongs here.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community. Skim the full public rule list once rather than assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change. Search before reposting.
The community was created on May 2, 2012, which makes it 14 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 557 subscribers (+0.05%). It sits just behind r/Spiderman (#841) and ahead of r/suspiciouslyspecific (#843) in our ranking.
What sets r/PhilosophyMemes apart
r/PhilosophyMemes is far more image-driven than most big subreddits: 89% of its recent posts are images, against a median of 22% across the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (08:00 UTC) sees about 3.5× as many posts as the quietest (04:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/PhilosophyMemes grew from 1,244,885 to 1,250,216 subscribers (+5.3K, +0.43%). That is about 105 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/PhilosophyMemes this week
What the community upvoted most over the last seven days, as ranked by Reddit (collected Nov 8, 2026).
- Trolley Problem Halloween Costume (I am not OP)u/ashoruns · Nov 1 · image
- Meme of Theseusu/Icy-KaitSyth · Nov 1 · image
- Why notu/SecureRoad502 · Nov 4 · image
- Are there really such questions?u/Dimitar_Ganev · Nov 5 · image
- Is this precise?u/ConfidenceSpare6195 · Nov 4 · image
- Scepticism in Loveu/Notacardio · Nov 2 · image
- Just do your homework bro 😭u/NeonPolonium · Nov 3 · image
- basicallyu/SoapInShower · Nov 4 · image
- How to win any argument - Cicerou/lurkerer · Nov 3 · image
- There is currently an eight month lecture going on between the Left, and Right Hegalians in the strait of Hormuz.u/Maximum-Picture5225 · Nov 1 · image
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/PhilosophyMemes, from 2020 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- Modern vs traditional philosophyJan 16, 2021 · image
- Fixed for the AI ageu/TraditionalDepth6924 · Aug 21, 2025 · image
- AS HE MASTERED ITu/radhikaa040 · Sep 14, 2020 · image
- Diogenes sends his regardsu/D0minAZN · Apr 29, 2021 · image
- The Genealogy of Morals (summarized)Apr 22, 2021 · image
- And it’s all linguistic confusionu/TheFlamingLemon · May 28, 2020 · image
- Please, guys, I don't want to feel like I'm the only one.u/Aggressive_Sprinkles · Oct 17, 2020 · image
- The ultimate test of a self governing peopleu/samero4 · Jun 7, 2020 · image
- Gotta draw the line somewhere!u/Right_Philosopher245 · Dec 1, 2024 · image
- This took me too long (version 2 because there was a typo).u/notrains123 · Jun 6, 2020 · image
What r/PhilosophyMemes talks about
We read the titles of 73 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 3), the words that come up most are “halloween”, “happy”, “philosophical”, “argument” and “read”. Other frequent themes are wittgenstein, philosophy, books, word, understander3000 and logged. Recurring phrases include “happy philosophical”, “philosophical halloween” and “word understander3000”. By format, 89% are images, 10% are videos and 1% are galleries.
Activity and best time to post
r/PhilosophyMemes gets about 12 new posts a day. The public archive holds 37,450 posts and 939,123 comments in total, about 25.1 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Saturday (19 posts) and the quietest was Friday (8). Posting peaks around 08:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.
Rules of r/PhilosophyMemes
The moderators of r/PhilosophyMemes list 11 rules. In short:
- All posts must be memes & related to philosophy.
- Don't repost. Click for details on how to report a repost.
- Crop excessive blank space off of your images.
- The post itself must be a meme. Titles are not taken into consideration.
- AI generated images and text are not a meme. Click for details on using AI.
- If you FOUND it, we've already seen it: Click for details.
- Quote + author's picture isn't a meme.
- Quality Control
- Have some sort of decency with user flairs
- Minimum Karma
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/PhilosophyMemes 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/PhilosophyMemes have?
r/PhilosophyMemes has 1,250,216 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #842 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 5,331 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How old is r/PhilosophyMemes?
r/PhilosophyMemes was created on May 2, 2012, so it has been around for 14 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Oct 22, 2014.
How active is r/PhilosophyMemes?
Moderately: r/PhilosophyMemes gets about 12 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 37,450 posts and 939,123 comments. In a sample of 73 recent posts we counted 44 different authors.
When is r/PhilosophyMemes most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Saturday and the quietest Friday, and most posts arrive around 08:00 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/PhilosophyMemes about?
The community describes itself as: “Banner by u/DefiantPosition. This is the best place on Reddit to post philosophy memes! If you're looking for more formal philosophy discussion please check out r/philosophy. Post your Philosophy-related memes here, not…” Recent post titles often mention halloween, happy, philosophical, argument and read. Most posts are images (89%).
Is r/PhilosophyMemes safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/PhilosophyMemes as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/PhilosophyMemes?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/PhilosophyMemes accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts), with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 11 posted rules, starting with: “All posts must be memes & related to philosophy.”; “Don't repost. Click for details on how to report a repost.”; “Crop excessive blank space off of your images.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/PhilosophyMemes?
Communities with similar topics include r/philosophy (18.6M) and r/meme (3M).
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/PhilosophyMemes.