About r/TheSimpsons
In its own words:
Simpsons TV Show. The /r/TheSimpsons subreddit is fan base of redditors who love The Simpsons. The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The show is set in the fictional town of Springfield and parodies American culture, society and television.
Community guide
r/TheSimpsons (#643, about 1.7 million subscribers) — Simpsons TV Show. The /r/TheSimpsons subreddit is fan base of redditors who love The Simpsons. The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The show is set in… A recent sample averaged 77 posts a day (~80% image, ~10% text, ~7% gallery). Its public rules include: No meme templates or re-writing quotes; Reddiquette & Civility; Nothing NSFW; /r/SimpsonsShitposting material; Sales | Promotions | Advertising. It is listed under “Entertainment”.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Self-promotion and ads are limited—read those rules before linking your own work. Low-effort memes/empty shitposts are often removed—add real context.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rule list—not merely a larger sibling community. The public rule list is long enough that skimming all entries once beats assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change. Search before reposting common clips/questions. Common flairs include: S##E## < fill in, Discussion, Humor, Fan Art/Content.
The community was created on Feb 8, 2010, which makes it 16 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 980 subscribers (+0.06%). It sits just behind r/AskEurope (#642) and ahead of r/RedditPregunta (#644) in our ranking.
What sets r/TheSimpsons apart
r/TheSimpsons is far more image-driven than most big subreddits: 80% of its recent posts are images, against a median of 22% across the Top 100. For its size it is unusually busy: about 46.3 new posts a day per million members, more than 84% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (14:00 UTC) sees about 6.3× as many posts as the quietest (07:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/TheSimpsons grew from 1,651,174 to 1,659,129 subscribers (+8K, +0.48%). That is about 156 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/TheSimpsons this week
This week’s highest-ranked posts, in Reddit’s own order (collected Nov 7, 2026).
- Lenny = White / Carl = Blue?u/Dan__Glesak · Nov 5 · image
- I never expected them to reference Black Smithersu/Delicious-Claim-5768 · Nov 2 · image
- Halloween with my twin sister 🤩u/Smellyfarts371 · Nov 1 · gallery
- Dental planu/who_is_slade · Nov 1 · image
- Can’t sleep… clown will eat me.u/OnionTuck · Oct 31 · gallery
- As an American today, I'm so full of...what's the opposite of shame?u/Lord-Thistlewick · Nov 4 · image
- You got to give me back my floor. My customers are walking around on the pipes!u/The_Book_Crusader · Nov 6 · image
- Happy 30th anniversary to You Only Move Twice!u/Significant_Smell284 · Nov 3 · image
- “Treehouse of Horror” Movie Nightu/Cryptographer009 · Nov 1 · gallery
- It's 11:00. Do you know where your children are?u/The_Book_Crusader · Nov 5 · image
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/TheSimpsons, from 2017 to 2025, ranked by Reddit.
- From the official Simpsons Facebook page.u/tekdude · Feb 26, 2022 · 60,494 points · 424 comments · image
- <---------- Number of people that want The Simpsons on Netflix.u/Fod1987 · May 23, 2017 · 44,563 points · 705 comments · text post
- New Simpsons doing homer dirtyApr 29, 2022 · 42,893 points · 1,448 comments · image
- This portrait of our future president should be the #1 upvoted post in reddit's history.u/skz- · Jan 20, 2017 · 41,168 points · 374 comments · image
- I always find it nice that even in Homer's wildest fantasies he still pictures himself with MargeJan 13, 2025 · image
- This becomes relevant every 2 years.u/Wahisietel · Nov 4, 2020 · image
- What is your favourite “bait and switch” joke from the show?u/ihaventseenmulan · Apr 30, 2024 · image
- How to get to front pageu/Goal1 · Aug 26, 2017 · 31,668 points · 332 comments · image
- Best. Sign. Ever.u/sonderweg74 · Mar 24, 2018 · 30,958 points · 1,889 comments · image
- Elon did itu/angry_forester · Jul 16, 2018 · 29,889 points · 942 comments · image
What r/TheSimpsons talks about
We read the titles of 488 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “simpsons”, “homer”, “halloween”, “happy” and “episode”. Other frequent themes are treehouse, horror, bart, marge, lisa and name. Recurring phrases include “happy halloween”, “patrick stewart”, “happy birthday” and “favourite quote”. By format, 80% are images, 10% are text posts and 7% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: S##E## < fill in (37), Discussion (32), Humor (29), Fan Art/Content (23), Other (21), Question (18).
Activity and best time to post
r/TheSimpsons gets about 77 new posts a day. The public archive holds 333,464 posts and 4,349,980 comments in total, about 13.0 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Saturday (119 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (51). Posting peaks around 14:00 UTC and is lowest around 07:00 UTC.
Rules of r/TheSimpsons
The moderators of r/TheSimpsons list 8 rules. In short:
- No meme templates or re-writing quotes
- Reddiquette & Civility
- Nothing NSFW
- /r/SimpsonsShitposting material
- Sales | Promotions | Advertising
- Reposts / Low effort / AI Content
- No karma bots allowed!
- Politics / Social / Meta Issues
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/TheSimpsons 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/TheSimpsons have?
r/TheSimpsons has 1,659,129 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #643 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 7,955 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
When was r/TheSimpsons created?
r/TheSimpsons was created on Feb 8, 2010, so it has been around for 16 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Nov 4, 2010.
Is r/TheSimpsons still active?
Yes. r/TheSimpsons gets about 77 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 333,464 posts and 4,349,980 comments. In a sample of 488 recent posts we counted 321 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/TheSimpsons?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Saturday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 14:00 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 kind of posts are on r/TheSimpsons?
The community describes itself as: “Simpsons TV Show. The /r/TheSimpsons subreddit is fan base of redditors who love The Simpsons. The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The show is set in th…” Recent post titles often mention simpsons, homer, halloween, happy and episode. Most posts are images (80%).
Is r/TheSimpsons SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/TheSimpsons as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/TheSimpsons?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/TheSimpsons accepts both text and link posts, with images and galleries enabled. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “No meme templates or re-writing quotes”; “Reddiquette & Civility”; “Nothing NSFW”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/TheSimpsons?
Communities with similar topics include r/IASIP (1.4M), r/spacex (3.7M), r/familyguy (1.2M), r/wheredidthesodago (1.1M) and r/DunderMifflin (3.7M).
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/TheSimpsons.