About r/VALORANT
In its own words:
VALORANT™ is a free to play 5v5, character-based tactical shooter by Riot Games.
Community guide
r/VALORANT (#410, about 2.7 million) covers Riot’s free-to-play 5v5 tactical shooter. Rules: relevant, SFW, no personal attacks, no spam/self-promo, video-link limits, no low-effort/vague titles, no reposts, no tech support, no posting private individuals breaking TOS. Discussion/question heavy (~129.7 ppd).
Gameplay and discussion
Discussion, question, gameplay, art, and esports flairs appear—keep it VALORANT-specific.
Support and safety
Tech support is banned here (use official channels); stay SFW; don’t doxx TOS breakers.
Titles and effort
Vague titles and low-effort posts get removed; respect direct-video restrictions.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jan 23, 2020, which makes it 6 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,210 subscribers (+0.05%). It sits just behind r/tipofmytongue (#409) and ahead of r/hiking (#411) in our ranking.
What sets r/VALORANT apart
People mostly look and upvote here rather than comment — about 6.8 comments per post, against 13.6 for a typical large subreddit. For its size it is unusually busy: about 47.8 new posts a day per million members, more than 90% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (12:00 UTC) sees about 3.0× as many posts as the quietest (04:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/VALORANT went up from 2,707,412 to 2,715,740 subscribers (+8.3K, +0.31%). That is about 189 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/VALORANT talks about
Across 699 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “game”, “hush”, “play”, “looking” and “agent”. Other frequent themes are rank, team, riot, ace, aim and good. Recurring phrases include “performance score”, “parts ways”, “hush fanart” and “flow state”. By format, 56% are text posts, 18% are images and 14% are videos.
Popular post flairs: Discussion (270), Question (264), Gameplay (94), Art (33), Esports (25), Educational (8).
Activity and best time to post
r/VALORANT gets about 130 new posts a day. The public archive holds 1,008,889 posts and 6,819,691 comments in total, about 6.8 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Saturday (152 posts) and the quietest was Monday (103). Posting peaks around 12:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.
Rules of r/VALORANT
The moderators of r/VALORANT list 12 rules. In short:
- For full list of Rules, please check the full subreddit rules list.
- Submissions Must Be Relevant to VALORANT
- No Personal Attacks
- Submissions Must Be Safe For Work
- No Spam/Self-Promotion
- Directly Linked Video Restrictions
- No Low-Effort Posts or Vague Titles
- No Reposts
- No Direct Address
- No Posting Private Individuals Breaking TOS
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/VALORANT 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/VALORANT have?
r/VALORANT has 2,715,740 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #410 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 8,328 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/VALORANT created?
r/VALORANT was created on Jan 23, 2020, so it has been around for 6 years.
Is r/VALORANT still active?
Yes. r/VALORANT gets about 130 new posts a day (average of the last week). Over its lifetime the archive counts 1,008,889 posts and 6,819,691 comments. In a sample of 699 recent posts we counted 527 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/VALORANT?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Saturday and the quietest Monday, and most posts arrive around 12:00 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 kind of posts are on r/VALORANT?
The community describes itself as: “VALORANT™ is a free to play 5v5, character-based tactical shooter by Riot Games.” Recent post titles often mention game, hush, play, looking and agent. Most posts are text posts (56%).
Is r/VALORANT SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/VALORANT as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/VALORANT?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/VALORANT accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and polls enabled. It has 12 posted rules, starting with: “For full list of Rules, please check the full subreddit rules list.”; “Submissions Must Be Relevant to VALORANT”; “No Personal Attacks”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/VALORANT?
Communities with similar topics include r/Overwatch (6.2M), r/CharacterAI (2.6M), r/Helldivers (2.3M), r/psychology (4.9M) and r/Genshin_Impact (3.9M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026). 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/VALORANT.