About r/UpliftingNews
In its own words:
A place to read and share positive and uplifting, feel good news stories.
The community was created on May 16, 2012, which makes it 14 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 4,990 subscribers (+0.02%). It sits just behind r/technology (#37) and ahead of r/wallstreetbets (#39) in our ranking.
What sets r/UpliftingNews apart
Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (12:00 UTC) sees about 16.0× as many posts as the quietest (01:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/UpliftingNews went up from 20,479,214 to 20,497,569 subscribers (+18.4K, +0.09%). That is about 459 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Top posts on r/UpliftingNews this week
The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Oct 29, 2026).
- Etsy to restrict AI-generated content in effort to combat seller slopu/schuey_08 · Oct 23 · link
- Houston high school students have opened a public auto shop where they service local residents’ cars under instructor supervision. Oil changes, tire rotations and inspections cost just $20 to $35 giv…u/ArgentineBeauty · Oct 27 · link
- Paid parental leave is now required for eligible workers in Allegheny County, the first US county to mandate 12 weeks after a campaign led by nurses.u/ArgentineBeauty · Oct 26 · link
- A leaderless revolution has swept Serbia. The world should be watchingu/truthwillout777 · Oct 27 · link
- Moderna and Merck say their mRNA cancer vaccine cut death, recurrence by 42%u/Phylogenix · Oct 23 · link
- A new elementary school in Texas will be named after Marilyn Hampton, a retired custodian who spent 39 years at Aubrey Independent School District and did more than just custodial work during that ti…u/Ceyyhun · Oct 28 · link
- Final Fantasy 14 players are watering locked-out strangers’ crops so they don’t die during outageu/Bob8644 · Oct 23 · link
- After leaving a violent marriage with her young daughter, a Zimbabwean woman became one of 16 selected from nearly 100 applicants for an all female anti poaching unit. She rose to lead patrols, earne…u/ArgentineBeauty · Oct 24 · link
- A world first basic income trial gave 211 Indigenous people in Peru’s Amazon about £2 a day for two years. Households unable to afford nutritious food fell from 73% to 26%, while 87% took part in rai…u/ArgentineBeauty · Oct 27 · link
- A 15 year old girl who once needed emergency treatment for sickle cell crises as often as every two weeks is now back at school as a prefect and no longer experiences crises, after becoming the first…u/ArgentineBeauty · Oct 29 · link
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/UpliftingNews, from 2017 to 2022, ranked by Reddit.
- Billionaire Mark Cuban just launched a drug company that is “dedicated to producing low-cost versions of high-cost generic drugs” and pledges “radical transparency” in pricing.Jan 27, 2021 · link
- Man falsely imprisoned for 10 years, uses prison library to study law and have his conviction overturned. Becomes a lawyer and is now helping overturn other false convictions.u/plsbi · Nov 8, 2017 · 129,090 points · 2,399 comments · link
- First paralyzed human treated with stem cells has now regained his upper body movement.u/sebaez_ · Jan 25, 2019 · 124,973 points · 2,728 comments · link
- Over a Million People Sign Petition Calling For KKK to Be Declared a Terrorist GroupJun 12, 2020 · link
- Hollywood Superstar Keanu Reeves Has Secretly Been Financing Countless Children’s Hospitalsu/Khaleeasi24 · Dec 14, 2018 · 110,348 points · 2,257 comments · link
- Amazon tribe wins legal battle against oil companies. Preventing drilling in Amazon Rainforestu/FruittyBaskett86 · May 16, 2019 · 106,256 points · 1,672 comments · link
- Belgium approves four-day week and gives employees the right to ignore their bosses after worku/tomb8man · Feb 15, 2022 · 106,414 points · 2,533 comments · link
- Billionaire No More: Patagonia Founder Gives Away the Company - Profits will now go towards climate actionu/Sleepy_C · Sep 14, 2022 · 102,308 points · 2,372 comments · link
- Newark police: No officer fired a single shot in 2020, thanks to de-escalation programJan 5, 2021 · link
- Chattanooga's Police Chief has updated his department's Code of Conduct, saying they have a duty to stop others in the department from committing illegal activities including acts of brutality and ab…u/relevantlife · Jun 9, 2020 · link
What r/UpliftingNews talks about
Looking at the titles of 189 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “help”, “cancer”, “six”, “man” and “home”. Other frequent themes are helping, life, south, free, school and solar. Recurring phrases include “school bus”, “six months”, “calves offer” and “offer hope”. By format, 99% are links, 1% are videos and 1% are text posts.
Activity and best time to post
r/UpliftingNews gets about 28 new posts a day. The public archive holds 330,766 posts and 5,840,628 comments in total, about 17.7 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Friday (32 posts) and the quietest was Saturday (19). Posting peaks around 12:00 UTC and is lowest around 01:00 UTC.
Rules of r/UpliftingNews
The moderators of r/UpliftingNews list 3 rules. In short:
- RULE #1: DON'T BE A DICK
- Reposted article
- Paywalls
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/UpliftingNews 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/UpliftingNews have?
r/UpliftingNews has 20,497,569 subscribers (Oct 29, 2026), which makes it the #38 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 18,355 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.
How old is r/UpliftingNews?
r/UpliftingNews was created on May 16, 2012, so it has been around for 14 years.
How active is r/UpliftingNews?
Very active: r/UpliftingNews gets about 28 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 330,766 posts and 5,840,628 comments. In a sample of 189 recent posts we counted 95 different authors.
When is r/UpliftingNews most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026, the busiest day was Friday and the quietest Saturday, and most posts arrive around 12:00 UTC, with the fewest around 01:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/UpliftingNews about?
The community describes itself as: “A place to read and share positive and uplifting, feel good news stories.” Recent post titles often mention help, cancer, six, man and home. Most posts are links (99%).
Is r/UpliftingNews safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/UpliftingNews as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/UpliftingNews?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/UpliftingNews accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts). It has 3 posted rules, starting with: “RULE #1: DON'T BE A DICK”; “Reposted article”; “Paywalls”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/UpliftingNews?
Communities with similar topics include r/MadeMeSmile (12.7M), r/BeAmazed (9.7M), r/nottheonion (26.1M), r/malefashionadvice (6.5M) and r/Damnthatsinteresting (20.6M).
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/UpliftingNews.