SubMouse
Home › Top directory › r/lakers

r/lakers

Los Angeles Lakers

r/lakers is a safe-for-work community on Reddit, ranked #640 on SubMouse with 1,662,302 subscribers and about 54 new posts a day.

Rank (SFW)#640
Subscribers1.7M
Growth since Nov 2+1.1K
Posts per day54
Posts all time363.3K
CreatedApr 2008
Visit r/lakers on Reddit ↗

About r/lakers

In its own words:

The home of the Los Angeles Lakers — the most iconic franchise in sports. 17x NBA Champions. We bleed purple and gold. Mamba Mentality lives here.

Community guide

r/lakers (#640, about 1.7 million subscribers) — The home of the Los Angeles Lakers — the most iconic franchise in sports. 17x NBA Champions. We bleed purple and gold. Mamba Mentality lives here. A recent sample averaged 54 posts a day (~44% image, ~40% text, ~11% video). Its public rules include: Be respectful to other fellow members. No hateful trolling, or personal attack posts and comments.; No lazy, misleading, or sensationalized titles.; No low-effort shit posts or memes. Posts may be removed at mod's discretion. It is listed under “Sports”.

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.

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. Search the sub before reposting common clips or questions. Avoid clickbait titles; say what the post actually is. Common flairs include: PLAYER TALK, TEAM TALK, POST GAME, STATS / ANALYTICS.

The community was created on Apr 25, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 1,071 subscribers (+0.06%). Among the 20 communities on our basketball list it is number 4 by size. It sits just behind r/olympics (#639) and ahead of r/TheWayWeWere (#641) in our ranking.

What sets r/lakers apart

r/lakers is far more image-driven than most big subreddits: 44% of its recent posts are images, against a median of 22% across the Top 100. It is a discussion-heavy community, with about 33.1 comments per post over its lifetime versus a Top 100 median of 13.0. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (04:00 UTC) sees about 12.5× as many posts as the quietest (09:00 UTC).

Subscriber growth

1.66M1.66MSep 19Nov 9, 2026

Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/lakers climbed from 1,657,178 to 1,662,302 subscribers (+5.1K, +0.31%). That is about 100 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.

Top posts on r/lakers this week

The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Nov 7, 2026).

  1. Luka looking up at the score and realizing they already blew a 26 point leadu/Date-Leading · Nov 2 · video
  2. Lakers is now the #1 seed in the Western Conference after tonightu/Turbostrider27 · Nov 7 · image
  3. Giannis on Luka's scoring abilityu/sanitaravel · Nov 3 · image
  4. Appreciate these two while you still canu/scags2017 · Nov 3 · image
  5. Ziaire Williams congratulates the wrong white boy after Luka's 50 pieceu/Large_banana_hammock · Nov 7 · video
  6. Luka after dropping 42/7/13: "I just want to go home."u/Affectionate_Tell_73 · Nov 4 · video
  7. Zach LaVine on Luka Doncic: "Luka is one of the most talented players of all-time. I don't think people actually give him enough credit for how good he really is. The shotmaking ability is insane... …u/oat38 · Nov 5 · video
  8. Luka ‘MVP’ Dončić tonight vs the raptors • 46PTS 14REB 6AST 5TL 1BLK 13-13FT 🥵u/MamiTarantina · Nov 2 · image
  9. I laughed a little nglu/Logical_Decision_706 · Nov 1 · image
  10. Tres Leches averaging 76ppg - #1 in the league for any 3 players.u/Scorface · Nov 5 · image

All-time top posts

The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/lakers, from 2018 to 2025, ranked by Reddit.

  1. Kobe Bryant Dies in Helicopter Crash in Calabasasu/Moronicon · Jan 26, 2020 · 47,586 points · 2,993 comments · link
  2. Laker fans right nowu/mo3mon3y · Sep 16, 2020 · image
  3. WE DID IT FOR KOBE! CHAMPIONSHIP UPVOTE PARTY!u/dreamteamreddit · Oct 12, 2020 · image
  4. According to Multiple reports, Lebron James has been sleeping with his newest teammates mother.u/AverageReddit_Mod · Jun 27, 2024 · image
  5. Luka stares at Nicou/Admirable-Metal952 · Feb 26, 2025 · image
  6. A message from @luka7doncic to Los Angeles. 💜💛u/Rentfreelakerfan · Feb 10, 2025 · image
  7. First picture of LA Lukau/DudeWTH · Feb 3, 2025 · image
  8. WTF????u/LegendKingX · Feb 2, 2025 · image
  9. KOBE BRYANT 1978 - 2020u/earthdogbb · Jan 26, 2020 · 12,254 points · 534 comments · image
  10. LAKERS FANS ARE WE FUCKING READY?????u/thezeffgod · Feb 22, 2025 · image

What r/lakers talks about

We read the titles of 397 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “luka”, “game”, “season”, “nba” and “doncic”. Other frequent themes are tonight, points, team, austin, kessler and games. Recurring phrases include “luka doncic”, “luka dončić”, “austin reaves” and “walker kessler”. By format, 44% are images, 40% are text posts and 11% are videos.

  • luka 98
  • game 34
  • season 26
  • nba 22
  • doncic 18
  • tonight 18
  • points 17
  • team 17
  • austin 17
  • kessler 16
  • games 16
  • reaves 16
  • dončić 13
  • pts 13
  • players 12
  • player 11
  • walker 11
  • laker 11

Popular post flairs: PLAYER TALK (51), TEAM TALK (25), POST GAME (19), STATS / ANALYTICS (14), APPRECIATION (14), LUKA MAGIC (13).

Activity and best time to post

r/lakers gets about 54 new posts a day. The public archive holds 363,293 posts and 12,008,003 comments in total, about 33.1 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Saturday (149 posts) and the quietest was Friday (36). Posting peaks around 04:00 UTC and is lowest around 09:00 UTC.

00: 220001: 2702: 2603: 680304: 7505: 3806: 220607: 1708: 1409: 60910: 911: 1112: 161213: 2414: 1715: 181516: 2517: 2618: 211819: 1520: 2021: 152122: 1823: 23
Posts per hour of the day, UTC, Oct 29, 2026 – Nov 4, 2026
Images 44%Text posts 40%Videos 11%Links 6%

Rules of r/lakers

The moderators of r/lakers list 12 rules. In short:

  1. Be respectful to other fellow members. No hateful trolling, or personal attack posts and comments.
  2. No lazy, misleading, or sensationalized titles.
  3. No low-effort shit posts or memes. Posts may be removed at mod's discretion.
  4. No duplicate posts. Please be aware of posts previously posted or discussed on the subreddit.
  5. No celebratory doom and gloom posts after games.
  6. No miscellaneous draft talk.
  7. No Lebron vs Kobe discussion or debate.
  8. No brigading other NBA team subreddits. Bigrading other team subreddits may warrant a ban.
  9. Please apply the proper FLAIR when creating any post for discussion.
  10. Stay on topic. The sub is dedicated to the Lakers. Posts that are not related may be removed.

How to join

Open reddit.com/r/lakers 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/lakers have?

r/lakers has 1,662,302 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #640 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 5,124 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.

How old is r/lakers?

r/lakers was created on Apr 25, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.

How active is r/lakers?

Very active: r/lakers gets about 54 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 363,293 posts and 12,008,003 comments. In a sample of 397 recent posts we counted 245 different authors.

When is r/lakers most active?

Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Saturday and the quietest Friday, and most posts arrive around 04:00 UTC, with the fewest around 09:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.

What is r/lakers about?

The community describes itself as: “The home of the Los Angeles Lakers — the most iconic franchise in sports. 17x NBA Champions. We bleed purple and gold. Mamba Mentality lives here.” Recent post titles often mention luka, game, season, nba and doncic. Most posts are images (44%).

Is r/lakers safe for work?

Yes. Reddit does not mark r/lakers as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.

How do I post on r/lakers?

Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/lakers accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and polls enabled. It has 12 posted rules, starting with: “Be respectful to other fellow members. No hateful trolling, or personal attack posts and comments.”; “No lazy, misleading, or sensationalized titles.”; “No low-effort shit posts or memes. Posts may be removed at mod's discretion.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.

Which communities are like r/lakers?

Communities with similar topics include r/nba (17.3M), r/Nbamemes (1.6M), r/nbadiscussion (1.2M), r/Basketball (1.7M) and r/sports (22.1M).

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/lakers.

← #639 r/olympics #641 r/TheWayWeWere →