About r/likeus
In its own words:
"All censorship should be deplored. When people put their thumbs on the scale and try to say what can and can't be sent, we should fight back both through protest and through software." Reddit Cofounder Aaron Swartz (1986-2013)
Community guide
r/likeus (#403, about 2.8 million) (“Conscious Like Us”) focuses on animal consciousness, volition, and spontaneity. Catalogue description quotes Aaron Swartz on censorship rather than defining the topic; rules carry the scope. No cute/funny unless intelligence/emotion shows; no anthropomorphism or anthropodenial. Video-heavy (~1.8 ppd, n=14).
Mind, not just cute
Posts should reveal animal intelligence, emotion, curiosity, or imitation—pure cuteness without that hook fails.
Avoid forced human stories
Rules ban both anthropomorphism and anthropodenial—show the behavior, don’t oversell a human soap opera or deny mindedness.
Practical pointers
Be polite; reposts allowed within reason; keep score positive per rules.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jul 23, 2013, which makes it 13 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 166 subscribers (+0.01%). It sits just behind r/datascience (#402) and ahead of r/selfimprovement (#404) in our ranking.
What sets r/likeus apart
Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 0.6 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.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/likeus grew from 2,772,116 to 2,773,308 subscribers (+1.2K, +0.04%). That is about 27 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Activity and best time to post
r/likeus gets about 1.8 new posts a day. The public archive holds 40,529 posts and 649,353 comments in total, about 16.0 comments per post.
Rules of r/likeus
The moderators of r/likeus list 6 rules. In short:
- Be polite!
- No cute/funny content, unless intelligence or emotion is present.
- No anthropomorphism and no anthropodenial.
- Posts should reveal animal consciousness, volition and spontaneity.
- Reposts are allowed within reason.
- Post score should be positive.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/likeus 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/likeus?
r/likeus has 2,773,308 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #403 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 1,192 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/likeus?
r/likeus was created on Jul 23, 2013, so it has been around for 13 years.
How active is r/likeus?
Moderately: r/likeus gets about 1.8 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 40,529 posts and 649,353 comments.
What is r/likeus about?
The community describes itself as: “"All censorship should be deplored. When people put their thumbs on the scale and try to say what can and can't be sent, we should fight back both through protest and through software." Reddit Cofounder Aaron Swartz (19…” Recent post titles often mention baby and reaction.
Is r/likeus safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/likeus as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/likeus?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/likeus accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 6 posted rules, starting with: “Be polite!”; “No cute/funny content, unless intelligence or emotion is present.”; “No anthropomorphism and no anthropodenial.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/likeus?
Communities with similar topics include r/YouShouldKnow (5.6M), r/WTF (7.1M), r/nflmemes (1.2M), r/webdev (3.3M) and r/yesyesyesyesno (2.9M).
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/likeus.