About r/politics
In its own words:
/r/Politics is for news and discussion about U.S. politics.
The community was created on Aug 6, 2007, which makes it 19 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 7,191 subscribers (+0.08%). It sits just behind r/stocks (#83) and ahead of r/gardening (#85) in our ranking.
What sets r/politics apart
It is a discussion-heavy community, with about 43.5 comments per post over its lifetime versus a Top 100 median of 16.2. For its size it is unusually busy: about 32.4 new posts a day per million members, more than 94% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.31% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 87% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (14:00 UTC) sees about 5.9× as many posts as the quietest (05:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/politics went up from 9,266,632 to 9,295,619 subscribers (+29K, +0.31%). That is about 725 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Top posts on r/politics this week
What the community upvoted most over the last seven days, as ranked by Reddit (collected Oct 30, 2026).
- Democrats Release 50-Page Report on Trump’s Epstein Files Cover-Up | The report alleges Donald Trump was an “active participant” in Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse.u/Aggravating_Money992 · Oct 26 · link
- White House Directly Intervened to Shut Down Epstein Files Probeu/Aggravating_Money992 · Oct 23 · link
- Warnings sound: Trump ready to stage what amounts to a full-fledged coupu/PM_ME_DPRK_CANDIDS · Oct 23 · link
- Jared Kushner Got Secretary of State Fired After Dictator Paid Him Offu/Quirkie · Oct 27 · link
- Trump Officials Asked Election Security Agency to Secretly Obtain and Hack a Voting Machine, Report Findsu/Delicious-History486 · Oct 23 · link
- Massive Leak Exposes 41,000 Homeland Security Workers—Including Undercover ICE Agentsu/DEADBEEFh · Oct 28 · link
- Obama on Trump White House: ‘Like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory’u/Aggravating_Money992 · Oct 24 · link
- Sure Looks Like Obama’s ‘Cheesecake Factory’ Diss Got Under Trump’s Skinu/huffpost · Oct 27 · link
- Trump Says He Doesn’t ‘Give A Damn’ About Gas Prices As US Making ‘Fortune’u/Aggravating_Money992 · Oct 25 · link
- Todd Blanche Basically Coached Ghislaine Maxwell in Epstein Interview - House Democrats’ report revealed how much Blanche helped Maxwell during the interview.u/B-Z_B-S · Oct 27 · link
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/politics, from 2019 to 2025, ranked by Reddit.
- Megathread: Joe Biden Projected to Defeat President Donald Trump and Win the 2020 US Presidential Electionu/PoliticsModeratorBot · Nov 7, 2020 · text post
- Mitch McConnell Will Lose Control Of The Senate As Democrats Have Swept The Georgia Runoffsu/klawdz · Jan 6, 2021 · link
- Megathread: House Votes to Impeach President Donald J. Trumpu/PoliticsModeratorBot · Dec 19, 2019 · 145,581 points · 52,183 comments · text post
- Trump Threatens to ‘Leave the Country’ if He Loses to Bidenu/ONE-OF-THREE · Oct 17, 2020 · link
- Demands for Kushner to Resign Over 'Staggering' Level of 'Depravity' That Put Politics Before Public Health. "Holy hell. Jared Kushner reportedly abandoned a national testing plan because it was *pol…u/DaFunkJunkie · Jul 31, 2020 · link
- Over A million people sign petition calling for KKK to be declared a terrorist groupu/Fr1sk3r · Jun 12, 2020 · link
- Report: Biden Admin Discovers Trump Had Zero Plans For COVID Vaccine Distributionu/grepnork · Jan 21, 2021 · link
- Biden's Pennsylvania lead is now big enough to avoid an automatic recountu/wolfie_poe · Nov 11, 2020 · link
- Donald Trump Has Just Left the White House—This Time, for Goodu/throwaway5272 · Jan 20, 2021 · link
- Virginia governor makes Election Day a holiday and expands early votingu/nclobo · Apr 12, 2020 · 118,242 points · 3,959 comments · link
What r/politics talks about
Looking at the titles of 656 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “trump”, “election”, “senate”, “democrats” and “texas”. Other frequent themes are campaign, midterms, el-sayed, race, iran and california. Recurring phrases include “trump administration”, “senate race”, “elon musk” and “iran war”. By format, 96% are links and 4% are videos.
Popular post flairs: No Paywall (300), Possible Paywall (189), Non-approved domain (75), Karma gated submission (26), New User Restricted Domains List (25), Paywall (15).
Activity and best time to post
r/politics gets about 300 new posts a day. The public archive holds 5,053,967 posts and 219,786,751 comments in total, about 43.5 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Thursday (390 posts) and the quietest was Sunday (195). Posting peaks around 14:00 UTC and is lowest around 05:00 UTC.
Rules of r/politics
The moderators of r/politics list 15 rules. In short:
- General: No hateful speech
- General: No novelty accounts or bots
- General: No spam or solicitation
- Comments: No incivility or personal attacks towards users
- Comments: No flaming, baiting, or trolling
- Comments: No witch hunts or personal information
- Comments: Follow AMA specific rules
- Posts: Submissions must be explicitly about US politics
- Posts: Submissions must be published within the last 7 days
- Posts: Submissions must be from the Approved Domain List
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/politics 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/politics have?
r/politics has 9,295,619 subscribers (Oct 29, 2026), which makes it the #84 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 28,987 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.
How old is r/politics?
r/politics was created on Aug 6, 2007, so it has been around for 19 years.
How active is r/politics?
Very active: r/politics gets about 300 new posts a day (average of the last week). Over its lifetime the archive counts 5,053,967 posts and 219,786,751 comments. In a sample of 656 recent posts we counted 373 different authors.
When is r/politics most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026, the busiest day was Thursday and the quietest Sunday, and most posts arrive around 14:00 UTC, with the fewest around 05:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/politics about?
The community describes itself as: “/r/Politics is for news and discussion about U.S. politics.” Recent post titles often mention trump, election, senate, democrats and texas. Most posts are links (96%).
Is r/politics safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/politics as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/politics?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/politics accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts). It has 15 posted rules, starting with: “General: No hateful speech”; “General: No novelty accounts or bots”; “General: No spam or solicitation”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/politics?
Communities with similar topics include r/investing (3.5M), r/videos (26.9M), r/worldnews (47.7M), r/news (31.6M) and r/nottheonion (26.1M).
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/politics.