About r/delhi
In its own words:
r/Delhi is the place dedicated to Delhi NCR and all that engulfs it
Community guide
r/delhi (#759, about 1.4 million subscribers) — the place dedicated to Delhi NCR and all that engulfs it A recent sample averaged 353 posts a day (~94% text, ~4% video, ~2% link). Its public rules include: Title and Language; Content Quality; Language and Translation; No Relationship Posts; No Promos/Referrals/Ticket Selling or Self Promotion or Illegal Activity.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Match posts to: Title and Language; Content Quality; Language and Translation; No Relationship Posts.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community. Skim the full public rule list once rather than assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change. Common flairs include: AskDelhi, TellDelhi, Serious Replies Only, Food/Drinks. Volume is high—clear titles help.
The community was created on Mar 7, 2009, which makes it 17 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 1,860 subscribers (+0.13%). It sits just behind r/parrots (#758) and ahead of r/MechanicalKeyboards (#760) in our ranking.
What sets r/delhi apart
r/delhi is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 94% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 35% across the Top 100. For its size it is unusually busy: about 251.7 new posts a day per million members, more than 99% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 1.01% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 90% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (16:00 UTC) sees about 7.0× as many posts as the quietest (23:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/delhi grew from 1,388,543 to 1,402,533 subscribers (+14K, +1.01%). That is about 274 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/delhi this week
What the community upvoted most over the last seven days, as ranked by Reddit (collected Nov 8, 2026).
- The youth are on the streets, the walls are speaking, and the message is LOUD!u/ZeroContext1010 · Nov 2 · video
- Nothing just rich, entitled neighbors in delhi NCR bursting 1000sky shot at 2 amu/mockerrocker · Nov 2 · video
- Modi literally doesn't have the guts to show up and answer these questions. His andh bhakts will rush to defend him, claiming Parliament is the place for debates. But they conveniently ignore that ne…u/ZeroContext1010 · Nov 3 · video
- Ramlila Maidan where INDIA bloc is going to hold 'Vote Bachao, Desh Bachao' rally today.u/SandeshChahar · Nov 1 · video
- Bro, please stop bursting crackers. AQI has already reached 564 because of it.u/-_anon · Nov 3 · text post
- Nuisance in the Japnese Parku/New_Buffalo_7075 · Nov 5 · video
- Union Minister Jitendra Singh claims that protests are funded by unauthorised sources and anti-India organisations.u/rishianand · Nov 5 · video
- Delhi AQI: Air quality worsens, many parts reel under 'severe' air pollutionu/rishianand · Nov 7 · video
- Anyone here has clothes, they don't wear anymore ?u/TonyStark_Mindset · Nov 5 · text post
- Companies Will Find Every Possible Loophole to Avoid WFH, Even If It Means Making Employees’ Lives Miserableu/GlitteringPotato2364 · Nov 2 · text post
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/delhi, from 2023 to 2025, ranked by Reddit.
- Enjoy my father’s wisdom on a cold day.Dec 10, 2024 · gallery
- I can’t buy my husband fancy gifts, so I do this insteadu/Vivid_Employed · Feb 7, 2025 · image
- They're detaining people.u/Bagad-Billa69 · Nov 9, 2025 · gallery
- A sketch I made while my gf was cookingu/mehuldraw · Aug 25, 2025 · image
- Why can't we do this with our Streets ?u/Reznov1913 · May 24, 2025 · image
- Reading newspapers is a good habit they said.Sep 17, 2025 · video
- Kid brought her own chair in metrou/whateveryousay0 · Sep 14, 2025 · image
- What an embarrassment these guys are. All they care about is TRP...u/yellow_pills · May 9, 2025 · image
- The worst thing introduced to fast food (except momos)u/bbuutteerr-fly · Oct 7, 2024 · image
- OP just got married under special marriage actu/crime_Mastr_GOGO · Jan 22, 2025 · image
What r/delhi talks about
Across 700 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “chat”, “looking”, “diwali”, “party” and “help”. Other frequent themes are bored, talk, sleep, good, wanna and night. Recurring phrases include “diwali party”, “late night”, “talking session” and “north campus”. By format, 94% are text posts, 4% are videos and 2% are links.
Popular post flairs: AskDelhi (473), TellDelhi (84), Serious Replies Only (73), Food/Drinks (14), Meme/Satire (OC) (12), News (8).
Activity and best time to post
r/delhi gets about 350 new posts a day. The public archive holds 479,270 posts and 6,201,770 comments in total, about 12.9 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Tuesday (361 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (272). Posting peaks around 16:00 UTC and is lowest around 23:00 UTC.
Rules of r/delhi
The moderators of r/delhi list 11 rules. In short:
- Title and Language
- Content Quality
- Language and Translation
- No Relationship Posts
- No Promos/Referrals/Ticket Selling or Self Promotion or Illegal Activity
- No Sexism, Misogyny or Incel Commentary
- Personal Info and Doxxing
- Respect and Behavior
- Content Verification
- Relevance to r/Delhi
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/delhi 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/delhi have?
r/delhi has 1,402,533 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #759 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 13,990 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How old is r/delhi?
r/delhi was created on Mar 7, 2009, so it has been around for 17 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Jun 6, 2010.
How active is r/delhi?
Very active: r/delhi gets about 350 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 479,270 posts and 6,201,770 comments. In a sample of 700 recent posts we counted 537 different authors.
When is r/delhi most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Tuesday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 16:00 UTC, with the fewest around 23:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/delhi about?
The community describes itself as: “r/Delhi is the place dedicated to Delhi NCR and all that engulfs it” Recent post titles often mention chat, looking, diwali, party and help. Most posts are text posts (94%).
Is r/delhi safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/delhi as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/delhi?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/delhi accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 11 posted rules, starting with: “Title and Language”; “Content Quality”; “Language and Translation”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 9, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 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/delhi.