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r/memes

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r/memes is one of the ten biggest safe-for-work communities on Reddit, ranked #10 on SubMouse with 36,124,588 subscribers and about 200 new posts a day.

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Rank (SFW)#10
Subscribers36.1M
Growth since Oct 19+32.8K
Posts per day196
Posts all time11.9M
CreatedJul 2008
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About r/memes

In its own words:

Memes! A way of describing cultural information being shared. An element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, especially imitation.

The community was created on Jul 5, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 32,763 subscribers (+0.09%). Among the 9 communities on our memes list it is the largest. It sits just behind r/movies (#9) and ahead of r/science (#11) in our ranking.

What sets r/memes apart

r/memes is far more image-driven than most big subreddits: 91% of its recent posts are images, against a median of 9% across the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.35% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 88% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (17:00 UTC) sees about 4.3× as many posts as the quietest (03:00 UTC).

Subscriber growth

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Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/memes grew from 35,999,684 to 36,124,588 subscribers (+124.9K, +0.35%). That is about 3,123 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.

Top posts on r/memes this week

This week’s highest-ranked posts, in Reddit’s own order (collected Oct 29, 2026).

  1. Mouthwatering........u/Average-Lemon · Oct 24 · image
  2. that would be the final straw!u/Better-Compote399 · Oct 23 · image
  3. Thank god they changed itu/Laylow_chips · Oct 26 · image
  4. My mind has awakened.u/vedulalaaaa · Oct 27 · image
  5. The genie is out of the bottle.u/-This-cant-be-real- · Oct 28 · image
  6. Free monehu/PuzzleheadedFlow1274 · Oct 23 · image
  7. Where is itu/UnsuspectingFart · Oct 25 · image
  8. How can I tell man, It's just not worth it.u/_FIZZRIX_ · Oct 29 · image
  9. Stop learning now!u/Get-the-Vibe · Oct 24 · image
  10. Here comes the sunu/pajdbdksnsjsjsjs · Oct 29 · image

All-time top posts

The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/memes, from 2019 to 2022, ranked by Reddit.

  1. A short storyu/rextraneous · Jun 7, 2020 · image
  2. She did her best ok?u/BlackAdder7 · Aug 25, 2020 · image
  3. This house ain’t big enough for the six of usu/theonlymexicanman · Mar 15, 2020 · 199,025 points · 1,425 comments · image
  4. They what???u/GGezpzMuppy · May 12, 2020 · image
  5. I feel privilegedu/blityc · Nov 3, 2020 · image
  6. This is my jamu/achilles-_-23 · Jan 29, 2021 · image
  7. uncanny resemblanceu/PrettyCoolTim · Dec 21, 2020 · image
  8. Hmmmmmmmmmmu/Zlecklamar · Jun 21, 2020 · image
  9. We are doomedu/Pringles__ · Mar 21, 2020 · 185,042 points · 1,194 comments · image
  10. Finland opu/Dzigi14 · Apr 6, 2020 · 169,986 points · 1,856 comments · image

What r/memes talks about

Across 675 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “meme”, “bro”, “life”, “funny” and “real”. Other frequent themes are good, wait, daily, true, point and man. Recurring phrases include “daily nichijou”, “nichijou meme”, “canon event” and “iphone duo”. By format, 91% are images, 9% are videos and 1% are links.

  • meme 26
  • bro 11
  • life 9
  • funny 9
  • real 8
  • good 8
  • wait 7
  • daily 7
  • true 6
  • point 6
  • man 6
  • literally 6
  • nichijou 6
  • men 6
  • kids 6
  • ain't 5
  • moment 5
  • average 5

Activity and best time to post

r/memes gets about 200 new posts a day. The public archive holds 11,861,570 posts and 108,600,515 comments in total, about 9.2 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Saturday (213 posts) and the quietest was Sunday (182). Posting peaks around 17:00 UTC and is lowest around 03:00 UTC.

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Posts per hour of the day, UTC, Oct 21, 2026 – Oct 27, 2026
Images 91%Videos 9%

Rules of r/memes

The moderators of r/memes list 6 rules. In short:

  1. Rule 1 - ALL POSTS MUST BE MEMES and FOLLOW A GENERAL MEME FORMAT
  2. Rule 2 - NO MEMES ABOUT POLARIZING/POLITICAL TOPICS, VULNERABLE GROUPS, VIOLENCE, ETC. [SEE LIST]
  3. Rule 3 - NO SPAM/CHAINPOSTING and NO OVERUSED/PROHIBITED MEME TEMPLATES [SEE LIST]
  4. Rule 4 - NO INTERACTION-BAITING POSTS/TITLES and NO IDENTIFYING INFO/WATERMARKS
  5. Rule 5 - NO VIDEOS LONGER THAN 15 SECONDS and DIRECT REDDIT UPLOADS ONLY (NO LINKS)
  6. Rule 6 - ONLY POST MEMES YOU ACTUALLY MADE YOURSELF/NO REPOSTS and NO BAD CROPPING/LOW-RES MEMES

How to join

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

r/memes has 36,124,588 subscribers (Oct 29, 2026), which makes it the #10 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 124,904 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.

How old is r/memes?

r/memes was created on Jul 5, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Jul 11, 2008.

How active is r/memes?

Very active: r/memes gets about 200 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 11,861,570 posts and 108,600,515 comments. In a sample of 675 recent posts we counted 514 different authors.

When is r/memes most active?

Based on post counts from Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026, the busiest day was Saturday and the quietest Sunday, and most posts arrive around 17:00 UTC, with the fewest around 03:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.

What is r/memes about?

The community describes itself as: “Memes! A way of describing cultural information being shared. An element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, especially imitation.” Recent post titles often mention meme, bro, life, funny and real. Most posts are images (91%).

Is r/memes safe for work?

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

How do I post on r/memes?

Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/memes accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts), with images and videos enabled. It has 6 posted rules, starting with: “Rule 1 - ALL POSTS MUST BE MEMES and FOLLOW A GENERAL MEME FORMAT”; “Rule 2 - NO MEMES ABOUT POLARIZING/POLITICAL TOPICS, VULNERABLE GROUPS, VIOLENCE, ETC. [SEE LIST]”; “Rule 3 - NO SPAM/CHAINPOSTING and NO OVERUSED/PROHIBITED MEME TEMPLATES [SEE LIST]”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.

Which communities are like r/memes?

Communities with similar topics include r/BikiniBottomTwitter (4.8M), r/HistoryMemes (12.8M), r/marvelmemes (4.3M), r/funny (67.6M) and r/Showerthoughts (34.2M).

Stats from public data (data updated Oct 29, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Oct 29, 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/memes.

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