About r/geography
In its own words:
The study of the Earth and its features, inhabitants, and phenomena.
Community guide
r/geography (#638, about 1.7 million subscribers) — The study of the Earth and its features, inhabitants, and phenomena. A recent sample averaged 27 posts a day (~65% image, ~23% text, ~8% link). Its public rules include: No Misinformation or Pseudoscience; No Spam or Self-Promotion; Be civil and respectful; No standalone quiz/game/challenge/location ID posts. See stickied monthly thread.; No Homework, Exam, or Lab questions.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent fandoms or general off-topic dumps. Self-promotion and advertising are tightly limited—read those rules before linking your own channel, shop, or site. Low-effort memes or empty shitposts are commonly removed—add context that fits the room’s purpose. Civility and anti-harassment rules are explicit; personal attacks get you removed regardless of how right you think you are. Recent samples are image-heavy; if you post media, make the title explain why it belongs here.
How it differs from lookalikes
The length of the public rule list is itself a signal: skim all of them once before assuming defaults from similar communities.
Practical pointers
Read the current sidebar/rules on Reddit before posting; rules can change. Common flairs include: Map, Discussion, Question, Image.
The community was created on Oct 20, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 5,231 subscribers (+0.31%). Among the 9 communities on our geography list it is the largest. It sits just behind r/GTA6 (#634) and ahead of r/Basketball (#636) in our ranking.
What sets r/geography apart
r/geography is far more image-driven than most big subreddits: 65% of its recent posts are images, against a median of 22% across the Top 100. It is a discussion-heavy community, with about 46.4 comments per post over its lifetime versus a Top 100 median of 13.0. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 1.31% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 95% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (19:00 UTC) sees about 3.5× as many posts as the quietest (03:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/geography went up from 1,653,108 to 1,674,799 subscribers (+21.7K, +1.31%). That is about 425 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/geography this week
What the community upvoted most over the last seven days, as ranked by Reddit (collected Nov 7, 2026).
- What is the largest city with an actually nice, swimmable beach?u/MuhVlast · Nov 1 · image
- why are their no large cities here?u/Nearby_Ad5980 · Nov 6 · image
- I don't think people understand just how big new zealand isu/Da_Monkee_God · Nov 5 · image
- Of the 100 largest islands in the world. Which one would you live on knowing you could not ever leave??u/forestkane · Nov 6 · image
- Which major city is located in the most inconvenient geographical position?u/CongoPrime · Nov 3 · image
- Is this the most densely populated 100km radius area in the world?u/Competitive-Plum-160 · Nov 6 · image
- Virginia extends farther west than Detroit, Michiganu/rra122508 · Nov 1 · image
- Where is the water of the biggest asian rivers coming from?u/ToM31337 · Nov 1 · image
- Big Lonely Doug, an 1000 year old Douglas fir tree on Vancouver Island measuring 216ft tall, comparable to a 22 story building, the last tree standing in a portion of the Gordon River valley after it…u/Shutter_Stuck · Nov 6 · image
- Why is there a small part of Australia with time +8 3/4u/Shevek99 · Nov 1 · image
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/geography, from 2023 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- Huge landslide causes whole village to disappear in Switzerlandu/BalanceNo1216 · May 29, 2025 · image
- The true size of Hawaii compared to the continental United Statesu/Electronic-Koala1282 · Feb 28, 2025 · image
- I’m sad more people don’t acknowledge Native American Historic sites in the United Statesu/H3dg3hogs · Feb 18, 2026 · image
- Weird to think that the entire history of the Roman Empire was tomato-free.u/bookflow · Nov 6, 2025 · image
- What's the most alien-looking place on Earth?u/renegadecoaster · Nov 25, 2025 · image
- A map of nations when asked the question "Which country is the largest threat to world peace?" - in 2013u/history-remaster · Jul 14, 2025 · image
- a side of a country you couldn't believe its existenceu/SoftwareZestyclose50 · Aug 6, 2025 · image
- Pretty impressiveu/Special_Yam_8447 · Mar 6, 2025 · image
- I went to an unknown (for me) island 2 hours from home and mapped it from scratch with a compass and a rangefinder!u/mydriase · Dec 21, 2024 · image
- Never knew these big American cities were so close together.Aug 12, 2023 · image
What r/geography talks about
We read the titles of 198 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “world”, “countries”, “map”, “country” and “city”. Other frequent themes are island, land, state, earth, small and rivers. Recurring phrases include “zigzag shapes”, “country territory”, “hdi human” and “human development”. By format, 65% are images, 23% are text posts and 8% are links.
Popular post flairs: Map (61), Discussion (54), Question (34), Image (25), Physical Geography (7), Human Geography (5).
Activity and best time to post
r/geography gets about 27 new posts a day. The public archive holds 96,596 posts and 4,479,054 comments in total, about 46.4 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Thursday (41 posts) and the quietest was Tuesday (21). Posting peaks around 19:00 UTC and is lowest around 03:00 UTC.
Rules of r/geography
The moderators of r/geography list 7 rules. In short:
- No Misinformation or Pseudoscience
- No Spam or Self-Promotion
- Be civil and respectful
- No standalone quiz/game/challenge/location ID posts. See stickied monthly thread.
- No Homework, Exam, or Lab questions
- No Low-Effort/Incoherent Posts
- No tangential/fringe/extraneous posts.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/geography 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/geography?
r/geography has 1,674,799 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #635 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 21,691 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
When was r/geography created?
r/geography was created on Oct 20, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
Is r/geography still active?
Yes. r/geography gets about 27 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 96,596 posts and 4,479,054 comments. In a sample of 198 recent posts we counted 142 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/geography?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Thursday and the quietest Tuesday, and most posts arrive around 19:00 UTC, with the fewest around 03:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/geography?
The community describes itself as: “The study of the Earth and its features, inhabitants, and phenomena.” Recent post titles often mention world, countries, map, country and city. Most posts are images (65%).
Is r/geography SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/geography as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/geography?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/geography accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and polls enabled. It has 7 posted rules, starting with: “No Misinformation or Pseudoscience”; “No Spam or Self-Promotion”; “Be civil and respectful”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/geography?
Communities with similar topics include r/Maps (171.5K).
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/geography.