About r/dadjokes
In its own words:
Welcome! This is a friendly place for those cringe-worthy and (maybe) funny attempts at humour that we call dad jokes. Often (but not always) a verbal or visual pun, if it elicited a snort or face palm then our community is ready to groan along with you. To be clear, dad status is not a requirement. We're all different and excellent. Some people are born with lame jokes in their heart and so here, everyone is a dad. Some dads are wholesome, some are not. It's about how the joke is delivered.
The community was created on Oct 23, 2011, which makes it 15 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 2,130 subscribers (+0.02%). Among the 5 communities on our jokes list it is number 2 by size. It sits just behind r/Fitness (#69) and ahead of r/Unexpected (#71) in our ranking.
What sets r/dadjokes apart
r/dadjokes is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 96% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 17% across the Top 100. r/dadjokes is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 5.2 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 16.2. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (22:00 UTC) sees about 4.8× as many posts as the quietest (06:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/dadjokes climbed from 12,161,434 to 12,169,743 subscribers (+8.3K, +0.07%). That is about 208 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Top posts on r/dadjokes this week
What the community upvoted most over the last seven days, as ranked by Reddit (collected Oct 30, 2026).
- What is the difference between a Vietnamese restaurant and an Indian restaurant ?u/gssap · Oct 25 · text post
- Possibly my finest houru/NickEJ02903 · Oct 23 · text post
- It's easy to convince ladies not to eat Tide Pods.u/monorico · Oct 28 · text post
- My wife looked out the window and asked, “How did you finally get our lawn to grow like that?” I said, “Every morning this week, I sprinkled my protein powder on the wet grass.”u/ilikesidehugs · Oct 28 · text post
- My boss is threatening to fire the employee who has the worst posture.u/lnc_gomes · Oct 26 · text post
- I was arrested for playing loud music in a vegetable garden.u/ilikesidehugs · Oct 23 · text post
- It's probably just as well McDonald's never put a sirloin sandwich on the menu.u/lnc_gomes · Oct 24 · text post
- My sister met her husband at a Scrabble tournament 20 years ago.u/lnc_gomes · Oct 24 · text post
- I ran into a lady at a Vegan restaurant who said she knew meu/hesasurgeon · Oct 23 · text post
- I have a fear of driving under bridges with passengers in my car.u/Commercial-Bee2589 · Oct 24 · text post
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/dadjokes, from 2018 to 2025, ranked by Reddit.
- BREAKING: Iran has struck its own submarine with an underwater torpedo in the Persian Gulf, killing all 350 aboardu/PeterPorky · Jan 15, 2020 · 70,316 points · 1,107 comments · text post
- My offspring came out as transgender last nightu/Eatsleepragerepeat · Jun 1, 2022
- If you can't say it to your 5 yr old kid, its not a dad joke.u/Not_Bekki · Jul 31, 2021 · 51,598 points · 2,182 comments · text post
- Today, my son asked "Can I have a book mark?" and I burst into tears. 11 years old and he still doesn't know my name is Brian.u/ebkbk · Nov 24, 2018 · 39,734 points · 192 comments · text post
- An Afghan, an Albanian, an Algerian, an American, an Andorran, an Angolan, an Antiguans, an Argentine, an Armenian, an Australian, an Austrian, an Azerbaijani, a Bahamian, a Bahraini, a Bangladeshi, …u/StephenGTS125 · May 28, 2022 · 44,737 points · 1,101 comments · text post
- Not a joke. But I wish it was.u/AndiPandi92 · Feb 11, 2022 · 45,502 points · 752 comments · text post
- My wife just completed a 40 week body building program this morningu/StuntsMonkey · Apr 10, 2020 · 36,120 points · 462 comments · text post
- This just happened in real life, and I got not even a chuckle.u/nsk09003 · Dec 9, 2022 · 37,897 points · 1,045 comments · text post
- Is this sub still active?u/I_Fart_Liquids · Jan 1, 2018 · 34,648 points · 343 comments · text post
- My son asked why sStar Wars movies came out 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3…u/Demonazzzz · Feb 13, 2022 · 36,156 points · 330 comments · text post
What r/dadjokes talks about
Looking at the titles of 402 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “call”, “asked”, “told”, “joke” and “wife”. Other frequent themes are dad, dog, difference, man, music and saw. Recurring phrases include “indian restaurant”, “wife asked”, “birthday bash” and “playing loud”. By format, 96% are text posts and 4% are links.
Popular post flairs: META (7), Removed - Punchline in title (7).
Activity and best time to post
r/dadjokes gets about 62 new posts a day. The public archive holds 566,203 posts and 2,957,264 comments in total, about 5.2 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Tuesday (81 posts) and the quietest was Sunday (39). Posting peaks around 22:00 UTC and is lowest around 06:00 UTC.
Rules of r/dadjokes
The moderators of r/dadjokes list 12 rules. In short:
- Jokes must be dad jokes.
- Bonus points for being opportunistic or punny
- Be civil.
- Leave the punchline out of the title.
- Tag [NSFW] if necessary.
- No reposts.
- If you're posting for discussion purposes, label it [META]
- No personal information.
- Do not create spam posts / comments.
- No advertising / promoting!
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/dadjokes 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/dadjokes have?
r/dadjokes has 12,169,743 subscribers (Oct 29, 2026), which makes it the #70 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 8,309 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.
How old is r/dadjokes?
r/dadjokes was created on Oct 23, 2011, so it has been around for 15 years.
How active is r/dadjokes?
Very active: r/dadjokes gets about 62 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 566,203 posts and 2,957,264 comments. In a sample of 402 recent posts we counted 278 different authors.
When is r/dadjokes most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026, the busiest day was Tuesday and the quietest Sunday, and most posts arrive around 22:00 UTC, with the fewest around 06:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/dadjokes about?
The community describes itself as: “Welcome! This is a friendly place for those cringe-worthy and (maybe) funny attempts at humour that we call dad jokes. Often (but not always) a verbal or visual pun, if it elicited a snort or face palm then our communit…” Recent post titles often mention call, asked, told, joke and wife. Most posts are text posts (96%).
Is r/dadjokes safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/dadjokes as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/dadjokes?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/dadjokes accepts text posts only. It has 12 posted rules, starting with: “Jokes must be dad jokes.”; “Bonus points for being opportunistic or punny”; “Be civil.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/dadjokes?
Communities with similar topics include r/Jokes (30.4M), r/funny (67.6M), r/MadeMeSmile (12.7M), r/Unexpected (12.1M) and r/OldSchoolCool (19.7M).
Stats from public data (data updated Oct 29, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Oct 29, 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/dadjokes.