About r/iamverysmart
Community guide
r/iamverysmart is #658 in our SFW Top 1000 (about 1.6 million subscribers). A recent sample averaged 2.3 posts a day (~82% image, ~6% video, ~6% text). Its public rules include: Identifying Information; Arguments; Not Really Verysmart; Reposts; Obvious Jokes or Trolls. It is listed under “Lifestyles”.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Low-effort memes/empty shitposts are often removed—add real context.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rule list—not merely a larger sibling community. The public rule list is long enough that skimming all entries once beats assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change. Search before reposting common clips/questions. Avoid clickbait titles.
Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 0 subscribers (+0.00%). It sits just behind r/simpleliving (#657) and ahead of r/BrandNewSentence (#659) in our ranking.
What sets r/iamverysmart apart
Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 1.4 new posts a day per million members, which puts it in the quietest fifth of the Top 100. A good post has less competition here. Growth has more or less levelled off (0.00% since Oct 29, 2026), which is common for very mature communities.
Subscriber growth
Between Oct 29, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/iamverysmart stayed flat from 1,607,606 to 1,607,606 subscribers. The chart shows 3 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/iamverysmart this week
The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Nov 7, 2026).
- Was looking up to see if people recommended a TV show and stumbled across this.u/peon2 · Nov 4 · image
- Just some accelerationist gems; only high performers like us understand AI utopia because billionaires say sou/FLIBBIDYDIBBIDYDAWG · Nov 6 · gallery
- I effortlessly earned two graduate degrees and never studied onceu/Finnzyy · Nov 1 · image
- I have multiple degrees, I do hope you get deportedu/Trollygag · Nov 1 · image
- Chess is only for very smart peopleu/Funktapus · Nov 6 · image
- I am actively thinking of two different things.u/BeerForThought · Nov 2 · image
- Well... at least they aren't evilu/P-82 · Nov 1 · image
- When the easy access is gone what will you guys dou/Error404_doesntexist · Nov 3 · image
- This linkedin description from this guy I know...he is a tax accountant btwu/RidleeRiddle · Nov 5 · image
- The "European" metric clocku/Powerful-Ad6235 · Nov 7 · image
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/iamverysmart, from 2017 to 2020, ranked by Reddit.
- The President of /r/iamverysmartu/krasnovian · Jan 6, 2018 · 83,740 points · 6,767 comments · image
- Apparently Trump, according to Trump, has "unmatched wisdom"u/eojen · Oct 7, 2019 · 83,722 points · 6,987 comments · image
- My partner for a chemistry project is a walking embodiment of this subu/Ejaekaterina · Jul 15, 2017 · 58,097 points · 3,055 comments · image
- I texted all of my contacts: "Happy New Year!". I'm posting the most thematic responses on appropriate subreddits.u/pseudo_potatoes · Dec 31, 2017 · 62,801 points · 1,377 comments · image
- I have a STEM PhD. And I earn six figures.Apr 15, 2019 · 56,129 points · 1,162 comments · image
- Later he blocked meu/_rick_sanchez_c_137_ · Feb 5, 2019 · 53,712 points · 797 comments · image
- Only common people get excited for things like the Eclipse - Neil deGrasse Tyson editionu/lregaloni · Aug 23, 2017 · 51,528 points · 3,617 comments · image
- Yeah i am very smartu/TheWuho · Aug 13, 2020 · image
- Magician's Secretu/secretqwerty10 · Mar 2, 2019 · 51,391 points · 859 comments · image
- Tech wannabe, shutdown by the code’s authoru/bparkerson04 · Mar 26, 2018 · 47,934 points · 1,217 comments · image
What r/iamverysmart talks about
We read the titles of 17 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “degrees”, “cringy”, “blaming”, “wanting” and “cheat”. Recurring phrases include “blaming wanting”.
Activity and best time to post
r/iamverysmart gets about 2.3 new posts a day. The public archive holds 285,380 posts and 3,267,693 comments in total, about 11.5 comments per post.
Rules of r/iamverysmart
The moderators of r/iamverysmart list 9 rules. In short:
- Identifying Information
- Arguments
- Not Really Verysmart
- Reposts
- Obvious Jokes or Trolls
- Memes or Image Macros
- Long posts
- Titles
- Anti-Intellectualism
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/iamverysmart 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/iamverysmart have?
r/iamverysmart has 1,607,606 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #658 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking.
Is r/iamverysmart still active?
Yes. r/iamverysmart gets about 2.3 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 285,380 posts and 3,267,693 comments.
What kind of posts are on r/iamverysmart?
r/iamverysmart is a large Reddit community. Recent post titles often mention degrees, cringy, blaming, wanting and cheat.
Is r/iamverysmart SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/iamverysmart as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/iamverysmart?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/iamverysmart accepts both text and link posts, with images and galleries enabled. It has 9 posted rules, starting with: “Identifying Information”; “Arguments”; “Not Really Verysmart”. 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/iamverysmart.