About r/breakingbad
Community guide
r/breakingbad (#352, about 3.1 million) is the Breaking Bad community (description empty). Rules: no character-death or series-finale spoilers in titles; content must be directly Breaking Bad related; no shitposting; don’t whine if mods remove a post. Text/Image (~60 ppd).
Breaking Bad only
Directly related content—not adjacent-universe drift or shitposts.
Title spoiler ban
Don’t put character deaths or series-finale spoilers in titles.
Practical pointers
Text/image/gallery mix; accept mod removals without drama.
SubMouse Editorial
It sits just behind r/mac (#351) and ahead of r/EDM (#353) in our ranking.
What sets r/breakingbad apart
Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (17:00 UTC) sees about 7.3× as many posts as the quietest (07:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Oct 29, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/breakingbad went up from 3,060,801 to 3,062,264 subscribers (+1.5K, +0.05%). That is about 366 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (2 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/breakingbad talks about
Across 286 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “bad”, “breaking”, “walter”, “walt” and “jesse”. Other frequent themes are halloween, white, hank, show, season and series. Recurring phrases include “breaking bad”, “walter white”, “aaron paul” and “call saul”. By format, 53% are text posts, 29% are images and 11% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: Removed - Shitpost (no whining please) (4), Removed - No screenshot from websites (3), Skyler hate again? Find a new topic (2), Removed - unrelated to Breaking Bad (2), Removed - no significant commentary (2), Removed - Frequent repost (2).
Activity and best time to post
r/breakingbad gets about 60 new posts a day. The public archive holds 329,950 posts and 4,017,993 comments in total, about 12.2 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (50 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (28). Posting peaks around 17:00 UTC and is lowest around 07:00 UTC.
Rules of r/breakingbad
The moderators of r/breakingbad list 4 rules. In short:
- Do not put character death or series finale spoilers in your submission title.
- All content that is not directly-related to Breaking Bad will be removed.
- No shitposting.
- No whining like a little bitch if your post is removed by the mods.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/breakingbad 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/breakingbad have?
r/breakingbad has 3,062,264 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #352 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 1,463 members between Oct 29, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How active is r/breakingbad?
Very active: r/breakingbad gets about 60 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 329,950 posts and 4,017,993 comments. In a sample of 286 recent posts we counted 243 different authors.
When is r/breakingbad most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 17:00 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 is r/breakingbad about?
r/breakingbad is a large Reddit community. Recent post titles often mention bad, breaking, walter, walt and jesse. Most posts are text posts (53%).
Is r/breakingbad safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/breakingbad as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/breakingbad?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/breakingbad accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 4 posted rules, starting with: “Do not put character death or series finale spoilers in your submission title.”; “All content that is not directly-related to Breaking Bad will be removed.”; “No shitposting.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/breakingbad?
Communities with similar topics include r/television (18.2M), r/DunderMifflin (3.7M), r/movies (37.7M), r/anime (14.5M) and r/Fauxmoi (6.9M).
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/breakingbad.