r/news on SubMouse

About r/news

In its own words:

The place for news articles about current events in the United States and the rest of the world. Discuss it all here.

The community was created on Jan 25, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 8,647 subscribers (+0.03%). It sits just behind r/pics (#13) and ahead of r/Jokes (#15) in our ranking.

Subscriber growth

Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/news went up from 31,551,206 to 31,596,166 subscribers (+45K, +0.14%). That is about 1,124 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.

All-time top posts

The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/news, from 2017 to 2023, ranked by Reddit.

Joe Biden elected president of the United Statesu/throwawaynumber53 · Nov 7, 2020 · link
President Donald Trump says he has tested positive for coronavirusu/hoosakiwi · Oct 2, 2020 · link
Blizzard Employees Staged a Walkout After the Company Banned a Gamer for Pro-Hong Kong Viewsu/SageMo · Oct 9, 2019 · 226,318 points · 9,691 comments · link
Trump has left the White House for the last time as Presidentu/gumball_Jones · Jan 20, 2021 · link
'Jeopardy' host Alex Trebek dies at 80 due to pancreatic canceru/Orange_fury · Nov 8, 2020 · link
Queen Elizabeth II, has diedu/LaloTwins · Sep 8, 2022 · 190,946 points · 13,110 comments · link
Scientist Stephen Hawking has died aged 76Mar 14, 2018 · 184,864 points · 7,162 comments · link
F.C.C. Announces Plan to Repeal Net Neutralityu/IAmSlimShady · Nov 21, 2017 · 175,023 points · 11,320 comments · link
Joe Biden officially sworn in as the 46th President of the United States, Kamala Harris as the 49th Vice-Presidentu/douglasmacarthur · Jan 20, 2021 · link
Donald Trump impeached for ‘inciting’ US Capitol riotJan 13, 2021 · link

What r/news talks about

Looking at the titles of 463 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “trump”, “brazil”, “election”, “bolsonaro” and “lula”. Other frequent themes are ukraine, iran, judge, war, orders and term. Recurring phrases include “flávio bolsonaro”, “fourth term”, “lula wins” and “judge orders”. By format, 100% are links.

trump 46
brazil 25
election 22
bolsonaro 20
lula 17
ukraine 16
iran 15
judge 13
war 13
orders 12
term 12
wins 12
million 11
state 11
man 11
florida 10
flávio 10
fourth 10

Popular post flairs: Soft paywall (16), Questionable Source (13), Already Submitted (13), Reblogger/Paywalled (13), Politics - removed (11), Title Not From Article (7).

Activity and best time to post

r/news gets about 81 new posts a day. The public archive holds 6,469,443 posts and 96,511,120 comments in total, about 14.9 comments per post.

Links 100%

Rules of r/news

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

Submissions must be articles about a specific news event
No opinion/analysis or advocacy pieces
Articles must not be primarily concerning politics
No editorialized titles; Title must match article title
No paywalls/blogspam that steals content
No posts covering an already submitted story
Do not be racist, sexist, vitriolic, or overly crude
Do not be unnecessarily rude or provocative
No cheap or distracting jokes or memes
No witchhunting. Follow the Reddit Content Policy.

How to join

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

r/news has 31,596,166 subscribers (Oct 29, 2026), which makes it the #14 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 44,960 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.

How old is r/news?

r/news was created on Jan 25, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Feb 7, 2008.

How active is r/news?

Very active: r/news gets about 81 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 6,469,443 posts and 96,511,120 comments. In a sample of 463 recent posts we counted 320 different authors.

What is r/news about?

The community describes itself as: “The place for news articles about current events in the United States and the rest of the world. Discuss it all here.” Recent post titles often mention trump, brazil, election, bolsonaro and lula. Most posts are links (100%).

Is r/news safe for work?

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

How do I post on r/news?

Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/news accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts). It has 12 posted rules, starting with: “Submissions must be articles about a specific news event”; “No opinion/analysis or advocacy pieces”; “Articles must not be primarily concerning politics”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.

Which communities are like r/news?

Communities with similar topics include r/nasa (5.9M), r/space (28M), r/worldnews (47.7M), r/AnimeSketch (1.4M) and r/europe (11.7M).

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/news.

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