About r/europe
In its own words:
Europe: 50 (+6) countries, 230 languages, 746M people… 1 subreddit.
The community was created on Jan 25, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 4,423 subscribers (+0.04%). It sits just behind r/ChatGPT (#73) and ahead of r/NetflixBestOf (#75) in our ranking.
What sets r/europe apart
It is a discussion-heavy community, with about 35.9 comments per post over its lifetime versus a Top 100 median of 16.2.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/europe went up from 11,662,371 to 11,679,372 subscribers (+17K, +0.15%). That is about 425 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Top posts on r/europe this week
What the community upvoted most over the last seven days, as ranked by Reddit (collected Oct 30, 2026).
- Vučić concedes defeat in Serbian elections, says student movement wonu/Guyzard · Oct 25 · link
- AfD falls to its lowest level in monthsu/paneuropeanism_ · Oct 26 · link
- AfD’s plan to destroy the EUu/AlexandrTheTolerable · Oct 26 · link
- Switzerland officially acknowledges having been "duped" by the United States on the F-35 contract and will only be able to acquire 30 aircraft instead of 36.u/PerceptionMurky3704 · Oct 29 · link
- Today we are celebrating the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. Gloria victis!u/Witch-for-hire · Oct 23 · image
- “We will not change our position”: Europe responds to American threats regarding its satellite sovereignty projectsu/Melia-Antiqua · Oct 26 · link
- Serbian Elections: The Student Protesters Deserve a Nobel Peace Prizeu/Porodicnostablo · Oct 27 · link
- The more Putin escalates his attacks on Europe, the more Europe should support Ukraineu/JackRogers3 · Oct 24 · link
- They lost from what they feared the mostu/Porodicnostablo · Oct 26 · image
- Patrick Stewart, Captain Picard on ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation,’ Diesu/nimicdoareu · Oct 29 · link
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/europe, from 2020 to 2025, ranked by Reddit.
- After yesterday's sh*tshow in the US, how absolutely heartening to see this man smiling again today. Well done, the UK...u/Luke_D_1980 · Mar 1, 2025 · image
- A work by Morten Morland for The Timesu/CorleoneBaloney · Mar 2, 2025 · image
- Zelenskyy statement after leaving the White Houseu/MiniBrownie · Feb 28, 2025 · image
- Spotted in London as of this weeku/prajeala · Mar 21, 2025 · gallery
- No eggs for youu/RoyalChris · Mar 18, 2025 · image
- Brain Drain by Oliver Schoffu/ArtemisJolt · Mar 15, 2025 · image
- French nuclear attack submarine surfaces at Halifax, Nova Scotia, after Trump threatens to annex Canada (March 10)u/tajsta · Mar 11, 2025 · image
- "We Are Fighting Against a Dictator Backed by a Traitor" – A French Senator Speaks Outu/Herobrine20XX · Mar 5, 2025 · video
- Bernie Sanders' tweet following the Trump-Zelensky meetingu/Wonderful-Excuse4922 · Feb 28, 2025 · image
- - Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 2019 inaugural speechu/Ofajus · Feb 25, 2025 · image
What r/europe talks about
We read the titles of 642 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “serbia”, “ukraine”, “france”, “student” and “european”. Other frequent themes are list, election, russian, putin, trump and french. Recurring phrases include “student list”, “concedes defeat”, “vucic concedes” and “social media”. By format, 74% are links, 19% are images and 7% are videos.
Popular post flairs: News (354), Data (35), Picture (28), Opinion Article (24), Map (18), Historical (16).
Activity and best time to post
r/europe gets about 110 new posts a day. The public archive holds 957,989 posts and 34,376,619 comments in total, about 35.9 comments per post.
Rules of r/europe
The moderators of r/europe list 8 rules. In short:
- No Off-Topic posts
- No News articles older than 1 month
- No Racism, Sexism, Homophobia, Genocide Denial etc
- No duplicate posts
- No Unlabeled NSFW images/videos
- No Image macros, memes, reaction gifs and similar
- No Personal Attacks
- No non-OC photo posts on weekdays
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/europe 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/europe have?
r/europe has 11,679,372 subscribers (Oct 29, 2026), which makes it the #74 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 17,001 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.
When was r/europe created?
r/europe 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/europe still active?
Yes. r/europe gets about 110 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 957,989 posts and 34,376,619 comments. In a sample of 642 recent posts we counted 399 different authors.
What kind of posts are on r/europe?
The community describes itself as: “Europe: 50 (+6) countries, 230 languages, 746M people… 1 subreddit.” Recent post titles often mention serbia, ukraine, france, student and european. Most posts are links (74%).
Is r/europe SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/europe as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/europe?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/europe accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts), with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “No Off-Topic posts”; “No News articles older than 1 month”; “No Racism, Sexism, Homophobia, Genocide Denial etc”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/europe?
Communities with similar topics include r/learnprogramming (4.4M), r/worldnews (47.7M), r/news (31.6M), r/videos (26.9M) and r/politics (9.3M).
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/europe.