About r/germany
In its own words:
English-language discussions related to Germany.
Community guide
r/germany (#904, about 1.2 million) hosts English-language discussion about Germany—work, immigration, study, culture—rather than Bundesliga-only or German-language local town halls.
What belongs
Germany-related English posts (about 73 posts/day). Rules: be decent; no violence advocacy; no help with crime; English only; ban misinformation, low effort, bad titles, ChatGPT dumps, and casual photo dumps that break content norms.
Versus italy and languagelearning
Country hubs differ by place. languagelearning is about acquiring languages. germany is life-in/about-Germany talk in English with Work/Immigration flairs common in samples.
Practical pointers
Post in English; skip ChatGPT paste and crime-how-to asks.
The community was created on May 27, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 1,840 subscribers (+0.16%). It sits just behind r/datingoverthirty (#903) and ahead of r/spiders (#905) in our ranking.
What sets r/germany apart
r/germany is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 81% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 35% across the Top 100. For its size it is unusually busy: about 61.8 new posts a day per million members, more than 89% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 1.13% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 92% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (17:00 UTC) sees about 7.6× as many posts as the quietest (02:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/germany grew from 1,170,924 to 1,184,213 subscribers (+13.3K, +1.13%). That is about 261 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/germany this week
What the community upvoted most over the last seven days, as ranked by Reddit (collected Nov 8, 2026).
- A wonderful autumn afternoon in Schwäbisch Hallu/Great_Inside34 · Nov 2 · gallery
- foggy morning in Heidelbergu/sogegen10 · Nov 1 · image
- Friend died in the Spain train accident. His family can't come to Germany, so how do I handle his apartment and contracts in Berlin?u/Xpinkmann · Nov 2 · text post
- Germany made Farmer Dad reconsider his politics this electionu/Senior_Fig7845 · Nov 4 · text post
- Does anyone have access to this newspaper?u/weezerwoo · Nov 3 · image
- Autumn on the Rhineu/YameroReddit · Nov 1 · image
- Autumn in Nürnbergu/Eastern_Umpire9363 · Nov 7 · gallery
- The three instancesu/PuzzleheadedMine4194 · Nov 5 · text post
- How is harvest in Germany? Here’s the harvest with Farmer Dad!u/Senior_Fig7845 · Nov 5 · gallery
- US / GERMANY swap?u/RojaCatUwu · Nov 4 · image
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/germany, from 2017 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- Why aren't Germans patriotic?u/dele7ed · May 26, 2017 · 50,902 points · 2,514 comments · image
- If you know, you know 🤣u/mumblefolk · Nov 7, 2020 · image
- My conservative, sheltered father came to visit me in Germany. This was how it went.u/Senior_Fig7845 · Jul 22, 2026 · gallery
- Is it okay if I put this note into the mailbox of a very loud neighbour, or can I get into trouble for that?u/Shirabell · Jan 24, 2025 · image
- Gift for my girlfriend who just received her german citizenshipu/ElectricalScieneer · May 30, 2025 · image
- Couldn’t agree more :Du/justdoityourway · Apr 13, 2020 · 8,847 points · 538 comments · image
- Get used to it. 😑u/LutzHH · Jun 26, 2026 · image
- Okay, Bielefeld one made me cracku/ade17_in · Jul 28, 2025 · image
- Germany has fallenu/HansChoice · Nov 27, 2024 · image
- I truly found the discount of the yearu/Odd-Constant-4026 · Apr 30, 2024 · image
What r/germany talks about
We read the titles of 493 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “german”, “looking”, “student”, “visa” and “help”. Other frequent themes are berlin, job, advice, experience, moving and permit. Recurring phrases include “residence permit”, “supply chain”, “german student” and “blue card”. By format, 81% are text posts, 9% are images and 5% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: Question (111), Work (21), Immigration (21), Study (20), Culture (16), Itookapicture (11).
Activity and best time to post
r/germany gets about 73 new posts a day. The public archive holds 366,701 posts and 5,786,749 comments in total, about 15.8 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Friday (82 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (64). Posting peaks around 17:00 UTC and is lowest around 02:00 UTC.
Rules of r/germany
The moderators of r/germany list 10 rules. In short:
- Be a decent person
- Inciting to or condoning violence
- Don't ask for assistance in criminal activity, or tell people how to commit such activities.
- Content
- Misinformation
- The sub language is English.
- Low effort posts
- Inappropriate link title
- ChatGPT
- Photos and other images
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/germany 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/germany?
r/germany has 1,184,213 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #904 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 13,289 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How old is r/germany?
r/germany was created on May 27, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
How active is r/germany?
Very active: r/germany gets about 73 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 366,701 posts and 5,786,749 comments. In a sample of 493 recent posts we counted 457 different authors.
When is r/germany most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Friday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 17:00 UTC, with the fewest around 02:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/germany about?
The community describes itself as: “English-language discussions related to Germany.” Recent post titles often mention german, looking, student, visa and help. Most posts are text posts (81%).
Is r/germany safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/germany as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/germany?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/germany accepts both text and link posts, with images and galleries enabled. It has 10 posted rules, starting with: “Be a decent person”; “Inciting to or condoning violence”; “Don't ask for assistance in criminal activity, or tell people how to commit such activities.”. 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/germany.