About r/parrots
In its own words:
This is a community for the discussion of parrots. Feel free to talk about parrots in the wild, owning parrots, the pet trade, rescuing parrots, purchasing parrots, avian veterinarians, and anything pertaining to these beautiful creatures.
Community guide
r/parrots (#758, about 1.4 million subscribers) — This is a community for the discussion of parrots. Feel free to talk about parrots in the wild, owning parrots, the pet trade, rescuing parrots, purchasing parrots, avian veterinarians, and anything pertaining to… A recent sample averaged 36 posts a day (~28% image, ~28% text, ~22% gallery). Its public rules include: Be civil and respectful; Follow reddiquette; Give and receive advice with kindness and patience; Shameless self-promotion is strongly discouraged; You must include a source for all non-OC images.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Self-promotion and ads are limited—read those rules before linking your own work. Civility rules are enforced; personal attacks get removed.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community. Skim the full public rule list once rather than assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change.
The community was created on May 9, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 339 subscribers (+0.02%). Among the 9 communities on our birds list it is the largest. It sits just behind r/Simulated (#757) and ahead of r/delhi (#759) in our ranking.
What sets r/parrots apart
Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (13:00 UTC) sees about 12.0× as many posts as the quietest (11:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/parrots grew from 1,400,311 to 1,403,148 subscribers (+2.8K, +0.20%). That is about 56 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/parrots this week
This week’s highest-ranked posts, in Reddit’s own order (collected Nov 9, 2026).
- The coolest Parrot I have ever metu/Ara_Glaucogularis · Nov 8 · image
- my life currentlyu/GuaranteeWitty6608 · Nov 7 · video
- Is she okay?u/PropraneBrian · Nov 2 · video
- is he trying to eat my tattoos or does he bite me on purpose 😭u/shaysantana7 · Nov 4 · video
- what is her problemu/NonBinaryPie · Nov 7 · video
- Meet my new baby, Pogyu/clysmian · Nov 4 · gallery
- Update on feral yellow headed amazon parrotu/WomanCalledFancy · Nov 5 · image
- Why does my conure sound like a frog?u/meowv3 · Nov 3 · video
- Bella on swingset chainu/Anne_Cooper · Nov 9 · image
- The most beautiful boyu/secretcatattack · Nov 6 · video
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/parrots, from 2021 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- My macaw excited for a showeru/EnkeiCustoms · Jan 16, 2026 · video
- [OC] When you gather enough feathers from your parrot’s moltu/ivydailylife · Jan 1, 2026 · image
- Lost my pal of 48 years.u/goalfish2020 · Jan 20, 2026 · gallery
- My dad is very proud of his feathered nurse and wants to show everyone, please humor himu/polluxtigris · Jul 25, 2025 · video
- Stolen bird reunited with owneru/Rageromer · Oct 18, 2024 · video
- This is what happens when you bite the Vetu/Historical_Design585 · Dec 24, 2025 · gallery
- Caught my boy falling out his bedu/1Original_Username · Nov 2, 2024 · video
- Every night is a battleu/TehGuard · Oct 15, 2024 · video
- Pepe passed over the Rainbow Bridge todayu/wiman1 · May 30, 2025 · image
- PSA: She is 100% fine, just dramatic and plays dead during our bedtime routineu/TehGuard · Oct 26, 2024 · video
What r/parrots talks about
We read the titles of 254 recent posts (Oct 31–Nov 7), the words that come up most are “parrot”, “bird”, “help”, “advice” and “happy”. Other frequent themes are halloween, cockatiel, conure, safe, trying and baby. Recurring phrases include “happy halloween”, “green cheek”, “help needed” and “macaw thinks”. By format, 31% are text posts, 25% are images and 22% are galleries.
Activity and best time to post
r/parrots gets about 36 new posts a day. The public archive holds 225,183 posts and 1,874,008 comments in total, about 8.3 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Tuesday (42 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (30). Posting peaks around 13:00 UTC and is lowest around 11:00 UTC.
Rules of r/parrots
The moderators of r/parrots list 8 rules. In short:
- Be civil and respectful
- Follow reddiquette
- Give and receive advice with kindness and patience
- Shameless self-promotion is strongly discouraged
- You must include a source for all non-OC images
- Posts about sick or injured birds must be marked NSFW.
- Use the NSFW tag as needed; no NSFL content
- Surveys must be approved prior to being posted
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/parrots 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/parrots?
r/parrots has 1,403,148 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #758 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 2,837 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How old is r/parrots?
r/parrots was created on May 9, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
How active is r/parrots?
Very active: r/parrots gets about 36 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 225,183 posts and 1,874,008 comments. In a sample of 254 recent posts we counted 203 different authors.
When is r/parrots most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 31, 2026 to Nov 6, 2026, the busiest day was Tuesday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 13:00 UTC, with the fewest around 11:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/parrots about?
The community describes itself as: “This is a community for the discussion of parrots. Feel free to talk about parrots in the wild, owning parrots, the pet trade, rescuing parrots, purchasing parrots, avian veterinarians, and anything pertaining to these …” Recent post titles often mention parrot, bird, help, advice and happy. Most posts are text posts (31%).
Is r/parrots safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/parrots as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/parrots?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/parrots accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “Be civil and respectful”; “Follow reddiquette”; “Give and receive advice with kindness and patience”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 9, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 9, 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/parrots.