About r/de
In its own words:
Das Sammelbecken für alle Deutschsprechenden, hauptsächlich auf Deutsch, manchmal auch auf Englisch. Für Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg und die zwei Belgier.
Community guide
r/de (#325, about 3.2 million) is the German-speaking catch-all (mostly German, sometimes English) for DACH + neighbors. Rules ban personal attacks, bigotry, flaming/flamebait, derailing, dogwhistles, cruelty about victims, agenda pushing, reposts, altered link titles, low quality, self-promo, conspiracy myths, soapboxing; posts should be German or DACH-relevant (esp. news). Link/Text (~89.2 ppd).
DACH German-language hub
German (or DACH-relevant) news/discussion; conspiracy myths and soapboxing are out.
No altered headlines
Don’t rewrite link titles; avoid reposts and low-quality submissions.
Practical pointers
Link-heavy samples; Nachrichten/Politik flairs.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Feb 20, 2006, which makes it 20 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,106 subscribers (+0.03%). It sits just behind r/frugalmalefashion (#324) and ahead of r/Advice (#326) in our ranking.
What sets r/de apart
Posts here spark a lot of conversation: the archive averages 31.6 comments per post, roughly 2.3× the typical big subreddit (14.0). For its size it is unusually busy: about 27.7 new posts a day per million members, more than 83% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (09:00 UTC) sees about 23.5× as many posts as the quietest (01:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/de grew from 3,208,488 to 3,215,650 subscribers (+7.2K, +0.22%). That is about 163 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/de talks about
Looking at the titles of 622 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “und”, “die”, “der”, “für” and “mit”. Other frequent themes are von, auf, ist, nach, bei and den. Recurring phrases include “ist tot”, “hubert aiwanger”, “patrick stewart” and “aiwanger tot”. By format, 74% are links, 15% are text posts and 6% are images.
Popular post flairs: Nachrichten DE (180), Politik (52), Nachrichten Welt (38), Nachrichten Europa (34), Wirtschaft (31), Gesellschaft (29).
Activity and best time to post
r/de gets about 89 new posts a day. The public archive holds 707,961 posts and 22,381,039 comments in total, about 31.6 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Tuesday (110 posts) and the quietest was Sunday (65). Posting peaks around 09:00 UTC and is lowest around 01:00 UTC.
Rules of r/de
The moderators of r/de list 15 rules. In short:
- Keine persönlichen Angriffe auf andere Nutzer
- Kein Rassismus, Sexismus, Homo-/Transphobie, Misogynie o.ä.
- Kein Flaming
- Kein Flamebait
- Kein Derailing
- Kein Dog Whistling
- Keine Häme gegenüber Opfern von oder Befürwortung von Gewalt, Katastrophen oder Verbrechen.
- Kein Agenda Pushing
- Keine Reposts
- Keine veränderten Linktitel
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/de 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/de?
r/de has 3,215,650 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #325 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 7,162 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/de created?
r/de was created on Feb 20, 2006, so it has been around for 20 years.
Is r/de still active?
Yes. r/de gets about 89 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 707,961 posts and 22,381,039 comments. In a sample of 622 recent posts we counted 327 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/de?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Tuesday and the quietest Sunday, and most posts arrive around 09:00 UTC, with the fewest around 01:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/de?
The community describes itself as: “Das Sammelbecken für alle Deutschsprechenden, hauptsächlich auf Deutsch, manchmal auch auf Englisch. Für Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg und die zwei Belgier.” Recent post titles often mention und, die, der, für and mit. Most posts are links (74%).
Is r/de SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/de as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/de?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/de accepts both text and link posts, with images enabled. It has 15 posted rules, starting with: “Keine persönlichen Angriffe auf andere Nutzer”; “Kein Rassismus, Sexismus, Homo-/Transphobie, Misogynie o.ä.”; “Kein Flaming”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/de?
Communities with similar topics include r/WatchPeopleDieInside (8.2M), r/Piracy (3.1M), r/Filmmakers (3.1M), r/xxfitness (3.1M) and r/MachineLearning (3.1M).
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/de.