r/Zoomies on SubMouse

About r/Zoomies

In its own words:

Videos, images, and gifs of happy animals zooming around.

Community guide

r/Zoomies (#707, about 1.5 million subscribers) — Videos, images, and gifs of happy animals zooming around. A recent sample averaged 1.6 posts a day (~53% video, ~33% image, ~13% gallery). Its public rules include: Zoomies; Repost; No scared animal zoomies; Not Directly linked to image or gif.; Don't be a dick.

What belongs here

Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Match posts to: Zoomies; Repost; No scared animal zoomies; Not Directly linked to image or gif.

How it differs from lookalikes

Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—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 or questions. Common flairs include: VIDEO, GIF, PIC.

The community was created on Dec 16, 2015, which makes it 10 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 339 subscribers (+0.02%). It sits just behind r/2meirl4meirl (#706) and ahead of r/diablo4 (#708) in our ranking.

What sets r/Zoomies apart

Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 1.1 new posts a day per million members, which puts it in the quietest fifth of the Top 100. A good post has less competition here.

Subscriber growth

Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/Zoomies went up from 1,499,598 to 1,501,281 subscribers (+1.7K, +0.11%). That is about 33 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.

All-time top posts

The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/Zoomies, from 2018 to 2025, ranked by Reddit.

Pupper wastes no time getting in the lakeu/MTPokitz · Mar 28, 2021 · video
Dog’s first snowJan 27, 2025 · video
The only reason we have a GoPro...u/carmenlightning · Jul 27, 2018 · 59,986 points · 897 comments · video
Are little pony zoomies allowed?u/mjoelkchoklad · Nov 30, 2019 · 60,415 points · 662 comments · video
Every single timeu/Mr_Ragnarok · Jul 12, 2020 · image
My girlfriend got caught in a Great Dane vortex!u/Ronaldo_McDonald · Jun 21, 2021 · video
Squirrel zoomies!u/daddysatan53 · Mar 2, 2021 · video
2 am ZooomiesDec 24, 2019 · 53,022 points · 268 comments · image
Whenever I walk in the door, Violet greets me with a present. Usually it’s one of her toys or a bone, or the occasional shoe...today it was my water bill Nextu/vavosam663 · Sep 18, 2020 · video
This good girl named Pink has won the agility competition at the Westminster Dog Showu/Thund3rbolt · Feb 12, 2020 · 49,547 points · 1,103 comments · video

What r/Zoomies talks about

Looking at the titles of 15 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 3), the words that come up most are “snow”, “dog”, “love”, “good” and “puddle”. Recurring phrases include “good puddle”.

snow 2
dog 2
love 2
good 2
puddle 2

Popular post flairs: VIDEO (7), GIF (5), PIC (1).

Activity and best time to post

r/Zoomies gets about 1.6 new posts a day. The public archive holds 70,707 posts and 604,533 comments in total, about 8.5 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Tuesday (6 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (0).

Posts per hour of the day, UTC, Oct 29, 2026 – Nov 4, 2026

Rules of r/Zoomies

The moderators of r/Zoomies list 9 rules. In short:

Zoomies
Repost
No scared animal zoomies
Not Directly linked to image or gif.
Don't be a dick.
Do not harass or dox.
Animal Cruelty
No joking about eating the animal in the post.
No hatred toward breeds.

How to join

Open reddit.com/r/Zoomies 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/Zoomies?

r/Zoomies has 1,501,281 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #707 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 1,683 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.

How old is r/Zoomies?

r/Zoomies was created on Dec 16, 2015, so it has been around for 10 years.

How active is r/Zoomies?

Moderately: r/Zoomies gets about 1.6 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 70,707 posts and 604,533 comments.

When is r/Zoomies most active?

Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Tuesday and the quietest Wednesday. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.

What is r/Zoomies about?

The community describes itself as: “Videos, images, and gifs of happy animals zooming around.” Recent post titles often mention snow, dog, love, good and puddle.

Is r/Zoomies safe for work?

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

How do I post on r/Zoomies?

Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/Zoomies accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts), with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 9 posted rules, starting with: “Zoomies”; “Repost”; “No scared animal zoomies”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.

Which communities are like r/Zoomies?

Communities with similar topics include r/AnimalsBeingJerks (6.5M), r/AnimalsBeingBros (6.9M), r/AnimalTextGifs (1.2M), r/AnimalsBeingDerps (8.5M) and r/thisismylifenow (1.3M).

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/Zoomies.

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