About r/conspiracy
In its own words:
This is a forum for free thinking and for discussing issues which have captured your imagination. Please respect other views and opinions, and keep an open mind. Our goal is to create a fairer and more transparent world for a better future.
Community guide
At #459 with about 2.4 million subscribers, r/conspiracy is this is a forum for free thinking and for discussing issues which have captured your imagination. Please respect other views and opinions, and keep an open mind. Collected rules highlight Bigoted slurs are not tolerated; Address the argument; not the user, the mods, or the sub; and No blog spam/malicious web sites, among 10 listed. Activity mix in sample: text:333, image:153, link:104, video:57. Busy sample (~134.2 ppd across 697 posts).
What belongs here
Posts should match the community’s stated focus—this is a forum for free thinking and for discussing issues which have captured your imagination. Please respect other views and opinions, and keep an open mind. Rule themes on file include: Bigoted slurs are not tolerated; Address the argument; not the user, the mods, or the sub; No blog spam/malicious web sites; No stalking or trolling. No threatening or abusive language. Stay on-topic and civil.
Format and effort
Sample composition leans text:333, image:153, link:104, video:57. Low-effort or off-scope posts are common removal reasons when rules call them out. Prefer clear titles and media that fit the stated remit.
Practical pointers
Busy sample (~134.2 ppd across 697 posts). Use the live rules for spoilers, NSFW, reposts, and promo. This page paraphrases directory + arctic rule snapshots only.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jan 25, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 2,157 subscribers (+0.09%). It sits just behind r/natureismetal (#458) and ahead of r/digitalnomad (#460) in our ranking.
What sets r/conspiracy apart
For its size it is unusually busy: about 55.1 new posts a day per million members, more than 92% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.57% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 85% of the Top 100.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/conspiracy grew from 2,423,052 to 2,436,800 subscribers (+13.7K, +0.57%). That is about 312 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/conspiracy talks about
We read the titles of 697 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “trump”, “iran”, “actually”, “theory” and “war”. Other frequent themes are crash, epstein, israel, plane, world and florida. Recurring phrases include “plane crash”, “palm beach”, “elon musk” and “learjet crash”. By format, 48% are text posts, 22% are images and 15% are links.
Popular post flairs: New User (54), Rule 10 (3), Rule 6, 10 (3), Rule 4, 6, 10 (1), Rules 6, 8, 10 (1), Misleading? (Article from Mar 11, 2026) (1).
Activity and best time to post
r/conspiracy gets about 130 new posts a day. The public archive holds 1,866,004 posts and 44,608,445 comments in total, about 23.9 comments per post.
Rules of r/conspiracy
The moderators of r/conspiracy list 10 rules. In short:
- Bigoted slurs are not tolerated.
- Address the argument; not the user, the mods, or the sub.
- No blog spam/malicious web sites.
- No stalking or trolling. No threatening or abusive language.
- No caps lock, excessive all caps, large/bold font, exaggerated punctuation.
- No memes; use /r/ConspiracyMemes. Other image posts are subject to removal at moderators discretion.
- Posting link in other subs pointing here. Mocking or ridiculing this sub or its users on other subs.
- Misleading, fabricated or sensationalist headlines are subject to removal.
- Self posts that lack context or content may be removed.
- Submission Statements are required for link and image posts. Posts w/o SS are removed after 20 min.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/conspiracy 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/conspiracy?
r/conspiracy has 2,436,800 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #459 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 13,748 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/conspiracy created?
r/conspiracy was created on Jan 25, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Jan 29, 2008.
Is r/conspiracy still active?
Yes. r/conspiracy gets about 130 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 1,866,004 posts and 44,608,445 comments. In a sample of 697 recent posts we counted 506 different authors.
What kind of posts are on r/conspiracy?
The community describes itself as: “This is a forum for free thinking and for discussing issues which have captured your imagination. Please respect other views and opinions, and keep an open mind. Our goal is to create a fairer and more transparent world…” Recent post titles often mention trump, iran, actually, theory and war. Most posts are text posts (48%).
Is r/conspiracy SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/conspiracy as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/conspiracy?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/conspiracy accepts both text and link posts, with images and galleries enabled. It has 10 posted rules, starting with: “Bigoted slurs are not tolerated.”; “Address the argument; not the user, the mods, or the sub.”; “No blog spam/malicious web sites.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/conspiracy?
Communities with similar topics include r/changemyview (4.2M), r/StrangerThings (2.8M), r/TrueOffMyChest (2.6M), r/psychology (4.9M) and r/teenagers (3.7M).
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/conspiracy.