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r/melbourne

Melbourne, Australia: Local news and other tidbits

r/melbourne is a safe-for-work community on Reddit, ranked #986 on SubMouse with 1,076,194 subscribers and about 36 new posts a day.

Rank (SFW)#986
Subscribers1.1M
Growth since Nov 2+1.2K
Posts per day36
Posts all time333.3K
CreatedJul 2008
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About r/melbourne

In its own words:

A subreddit to chat about Melbourne, the greatest city in Australia

Community guide

r/melbourne (#985, about 1.1 million) is local news and everyday chat about Melbourne, Australia—not a nationwide Australia dump, a classifieds board or a Facebook-link feed.

What belongs

City discussion (about 36 posts/day; mostly text). Rules require Melbourne-related posts and ban editorialising, duplicates, hate speech, witch-hunts, fake news, low-effort posts, Facebook links, and buying, selling or exchanging (including tenancy swaps); surveys and petitions are restricted.

Versus australia

australia covers the whole country. This room is Melbourne-specific, including Victorian news and daily life.

Practical pointers

Keep listings and tenancy swaps off the board; talk about the city itself.

The community was created on Jul 25, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 1,162 subscribers (+0.11%). Among the 8 communities on our australia list it is number 2 by size. It sits just behind r/doordash (#985) and ahead of r/smoking (#987) in our ranking.

What sets r/melbourne apart

Posts here spark a lot of conversation: the archive averages 31.1 comments per post, roughly 2.4× the typical big subreddit (13.0). Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (02:00 UTC) sees about 14.0× as many posts as the quietest (15:00 UTC).

Subscriber growth

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Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/melbourne climbed from 1,068,607 to 1,076,194 subscribers (+7.6K, +0.71%). That is about 149 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.

Top posts on r/melbourne this week

The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Nov 8, 2026).

  1. David Jones Bourke Streetu/Important-Ad-9448 · Nov 5 · gallery
  2. Protest Announcement in Melbourne Centralu/Prestigious-Day9370 · Nov 2 · image
  3. HungryPanda stab victim memorial - State Library, Melbourneu/KOSPI-9001 · Nov 8 · gallery
  4. Pre-Fed Squareu/chonky__chonker · Nov 3 · image
  5. Two cheeky Corellasu/YoungDaggerDiccc · Nov 1 · video
  6. One Nation Victorian leader accidentally says the quiet part out loudu/Prestigious-Day9370 · Nov 4 · video
  7. Added $1 charge at Maison Batardu/pepperclips · Nov 7 · image
  8. Public housingu/melbourne_au2021 · Nov 4 · image
  9. Illegal tobacconists supports local Liberal candidateu/Donakebab · Nov 6 · image
  10. High school toilet schedulesu/waffleblossom · Nov 4 · image

All-time top posts

The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/melbourne, from 2016 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.

  1. Unbelievable. The effects of recent events and reduced traffic on the Yarra is so much that Liopleurodons have actually come back from the Late Jurassic period to swim. Stunning.u/whitesebastian · Mar 23, 2020 · 50,395 points · 667 comments · image
  2. Sold my house today and the agents hate meu/Few-Bite3322 · Jul 28, 2024 · text post
  3. So nice when people offer their services during this hard timeu/mortalkombatwombat · Jul 27, 2020 · image
  4. You wouldn't, would youu/uw888 · May 28, 2023 · 22,110 points · 552 comments · image
  5. Melbourne airport has a very special flight tonightu/olorol · Dec 24, 2017 · 21,606 points · 225 comments · link
  6. Dude, sameu/AdSuspicious7506 · Oct 18, 2021 · 20,700 points · 874 comments · image
  7. Massachusetts compared to Victoriau/gccmelb · Sep 13, 2020 · image
  8. On a scorching hot day, this really helps. Thanks Woolies.u/thearchitect1209 · Jan 7, 2026 · image
  9. Footage from 2020, shows exactly why you should never try to outrun a bushfire.u/BleuTsunami · Jan 9, 2026 · video
  10. I had no idea that the rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne was this badu/dissenting_cat · Aug 31, 2022 · 13,719 points · 338 comments · image

What r/melbourne talks about

Across 178 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “victorian”, “daily”, “discussion”, “car” and “election”. Other frequent themes are cup, recommendations, morning, victoria, airport and police. Recurring phrases include “daily discussion”, “mars jupiter”, “victorian election” and “david jones”. By format, 51% are text posts, 18% are images and 18% are links.

  • victorian 9
  • daily 7
  • discussion 7
  • car 5
  • election 5
  • cup 5
  • recommendations 5
  • morning 4
  • victoria 4
  • airport 4
  • police 4
  • weekend 4
  • men 4
  • south 3
  • rental 3
  • mars 3
  • jupiter 3
  • regulus 3

Popular post flairs: THDG Need Help (41), Serious News (15), Politics (15), Not On My Smashed Avo (13), Real estate/Renting (10), The Sky is Falling (10).

Activity and best time to post

r/melbourne gets about 36 new posts a day. The public archive holds 333,292 posts and 10,352,705 comments in total, about 31.1 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Thursday (33 posts) and the quietest was Monday (21). Posting peaks around 02:00 UTC and is lowest around 15:00 UTC.

00: 80001: 1002: 1403: 70304: 1305: 706: 60607: 908: 1309: 90910: 911: 912: 51213: 314: 215: 11516: 917: 218: 21819: 720: 1121: 62122: 923: 11
Posts per hour of the day, UTC, Oct 29, 2026 – Nov 4, 2026
Text posts 51%Images 18%Links 18%Galleries 8%Videos 5%

Rules of r/melbourne

The moderators of r/melbourne list 14 rules. In short:

  1. Talkin' Melbourne
  2. Follow Reddiquette
  3. No Editorialising
  4. No Duplicate Posts
  5. No Hate Speech
  6. Be Respectful
  7. No Witch-hunts
  8. Missing Person versus Stalkers
  9. Spreading fake news
  10. Surveys, research and petitions

How to join

Open reddit.com/r/melbourne 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 members does r/melbourne have?

r/melbourne has 1,076,194 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #986 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 7,587 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.

When was r/melbourne created?

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

Is r/melbourne still active?

Yes. r/melbourne gets about 36 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 333,292 posts and 10,352,705 comments. In a sample of 178 recent posts we counted 144 different authors.

What is the best time to post in r/melbourne?

Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Thursday and the quietest Monday, and most posts arrive around 02:00 UTC, with the fewest around 15:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.

What kind of posts are on r/melbourne?

The community describes itself as: “A subreddit to chat about Melbourne, the greatest city in Australia” Recent post titles often mention victorian, daily, discussion, car and election. Most posts are text posts (51%).

Is r/melbourne SFW?

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

What are the rules of r/melbourne?

Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/melbourne accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 14 posted rules, starting with: “Talkin' Melbourne”; “Follow Reddiquette”; “No Editorialising”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.

What subreddits are similar to r/melbourne?

Communities with similar topics include r/australia (2.9M).

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/melbourne.

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