About r/australia
In its own words:
A dusty corner on the internet where you can chew the fat about Australia and Australians.
Community guide
r/australia (#374, about 2.9 million) is a dusty corner for chewing the fat about Australia and Australians. Rules push against editorialised headlines, meme macros, unrelated content, low-quality politics, paywalled/dupes, brigading, abuse, and spam. Link-heavy mix (~36.1 ppd).
Australia-relevant news and talk
Politics, culture & society, and news flairs dominate samples—keep posts tied to Australia/Australians.
Headline and quality bars
User-editorialised headlines, meme/image macros, and low-quality political submissions are removal reasons.
Practical pointers
Novelty/troll/bot accounts, single-focus disinformation accounts, and brigading are policed; don’t abuse or bigot.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jan 26, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 3,467 subscribers (+0.12%). It sits just behind r/povertyfinance (#373) and ahead of r/graphic_design (#375) in our ranking.
What sets r/australia apart
It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.80% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 93% of the Top 100.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/australia went up from 2,916,747 to 2,939,967 subscribers (+23.2K, +0.80%). That is about 528 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/australia talks about
Across 250 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “australian”, “melbourne”, “nation”, “charged” and “public”. Other frequent themes are man, government, police, cup, abc and assault. Recurring phrases include “melbourne cup”, “nation volunteer”, “man charged” and “david jones”. By format, 54% are links, 26% are text posts and 10% are images.
Popular post flairs: politics (49), culture & society (38), no politics (37), news (17), image (17), science & tech (8).
Activity and best time to post
r/australia gets about 36 new posts a day. The public archive holds 767,396 posts and 19,782,109 comments in total, about 25.8 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Wednesday (50 posts) and the quietest was Friday (25). Posting peaks around 05:00 UTC and is lowest around 14:00 UTC.
Rules of r/australia
The moderators of r/australia list 11 rules. In short:
- Novelty, troll, or bot account
- User editorialised headline
- Meme/image macro
- Unrelated to Australia/Australians
- Subreddit drama
- Low quality political submission
- Paywall, duplicate or unnecessarily low quality
- Brigading
- Abuse, threats, racism and bigotry
- Single-focus or disinformation account
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/australia 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/australia have?
r/australia has 2,939,967 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #374 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 23,220 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/australia created?
r/australia was created on Jan 26, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Feb 6, 2008.
Is r/australia still active?
Yes. r/australia gets about 36 new posts a day (average of the last week). Over its lifetime the archive counts 767,396 posts and 19,782,109 comments. In a sample of 250 recent posts we counted 161 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/australia?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Wednesday and the quietest Friday, and most posts arrive around 05:00 UTC, with the fewest around 14:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/australia?
The community describes itself as: “A dusty corner on the internet where you can chew the fat about Australia and Australians.” Recent post titles often mention australian, melbourne, nation, charged and public. Most posts are links (54%).
Is r/australia SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/australia as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/australia?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/australia accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 11 posted rules, starting with: “Novelty, troll, or bot account”; “User editorialised headline”; “Meme/image macro”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/australia?
Communities with similar topics include r/loseit (4.2M), r/iphone (4.7M), r/CFB (4.6M), r/wholesomememes (18.3M) and r/soccer (8.8M).
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/australia.