About r/france
In its own words:
La France, les Français et même les francophones. Français ou anglais seulement.
Community guide
r/france (#428, about 2.6 million) covers France, the French, and francophones—French or English only. Rules (consult before posting) ban insults, discriminatory speech, calls to violence, duplicates, low effort, faits divers, social-network link dumps, ads, surveys/petitions, ChatGPT misuse, and more than four subjects per user per day, with flair and press-article expectations. Politique, Aide, Actus, and Société flairs lead a link/text-heavy sample (~165.4 ppd).
News, help, society
Politique, Aide, Actus, Société, Monde, Blabla, Économie, and Culture flairs appear—use flairs correctly and keep language to French or English.
Press, volume, AI
Press articles and older articles have dedicated expectations; cap at four subjects per user per day; ChatGPT use is restricted by rule; no ads or surveys/petitions.
Civility
No insults, discriminatory remarks, or calls to violence; avoid low-effort posts, faits divers spam, and duplicate threads.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Mar 19, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 2,140 subscribers (+0.08%). It sits just behind r/Metal (#427) and ahead of r/minimalism (#429) in our ranking.
What sets r/france apart
Posts here spark a lot of conversation: the archive averages 27.5 comments per post, roughly 2.0× the typical big subreddit (13.6). For its size it is unusually busy: about 63.2 new posts a day per million members, more than 95% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.56% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 85% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (11:00 UTC) sees about 8.2× as many posts as the quietest (04:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/france went up from 2,601,242 to 2,615,769 subscribers (+14.5K, +0.56%). That is about 330 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/france talks about
Looking at the titles of 694 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “les”, “des”, “pour”, “une” and “sur”. Other frequent themes are dans, par, que, qui, pas and avec. Recurring phrases include “sur les”, “dans les”, “pour les” and “vous avez”. By format, 38% are links, 33% are text posts and 13% are videos.
Popular post flairs: Politique (152), Aide (129), Actus (91), Société (84), Monde (53), Blabla (43).
Activity and best time to post
r/france gets about 170 new posts a day. The public archive holds 653,528 posts and 17,948,545 comments in total, about 27.5 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Thursday (160 posts) and the quietest was Saturday (129). Posting peaks around 11:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.
Rules of r/france
The moderators of r/france list 15 rules. In short:
- Merci de consulter les règles ci-dessous avant de poster
- Insulte
- Propos discriminatoire
- Appel à la violence
- Doublon
- Usage des flairs
- Low effort
- Faits divers
- Liens vers les autres réseaux sociaux
- Poster un article de presse
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/france 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/france have?
r/france has 2,615,769 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #428 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 14,527 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/france?
r/france was created on Mar 19, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Mar 20, 2008.
How active is r/france?
Very active: r/france gets about 170 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 653,528 posts and 17,948,545 comments. In a sample of 694 recent posts we counted 502 different authors.
When is r/france most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Thursday and the quietest Saturday, and most posts arrive around 11:00 UTC, with the fewest around 04:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/france about?
The community describes itself as: “La France, les Français et même les francophones. Français ou anglais seulement.” Recent post titles often mention les, des, pour, une and sur. Most posts are links (38%).
Is r/france safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/france as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/france?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/france accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 15 posted rules, starting with: “Merci de consulter les règles ci-dessous avant de poster”; “Insulte”; “Propos discriminatoire”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/france?
Communities with similar topics include r/canada (4.3M), r/SweatyPalms (2.6M), r/grilling (2.6M), r/rap (2.6M) and r/smallbusiness (2.6M).
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/france.