About r/smashbros
In its own words:
Welcome to Reddit's Smash Bros. community!
Community guide
r/smashbros (#720, about 1.5 million subscribers) — 's Smash Bros. community! A recent sample averaged 20 posts a day (~36% text, ~27% image, ~26% video). Its public rules include: Guidelines for Posting Media; Posting Guidelines; Competitive Guidelines; Advertising Guidelines; Relevancy Guidelines. It is listed under “Games”.
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 channel or shop. Match posts to: Guidelines for Posting Media; Posting Guidelines; Competitive Guidelines; Advertising Guidelines.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community. The public rule list is long enough that skimming all entries once beats assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change. Common flairs include: Ultimate, Other, Melee, All.
The community was created on Jun 2, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 218 subscribers (+0.02%). It sits just behind r/thenetherlands (#719) and ahead of r/IllegallySmolCats (#721) in our ranking.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/smashbros went up from 1,472,866 to 1,474,427 subscribers (+1.6K, +0.11%). That is about 31 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/smashbros this week
This week’s highest-ranked posts, in Reddit’s own order (collected Nov 7, 2026).
- Did I Cooku/First-Foundation-667 · Nov 1 · image
- My costume from yesterday!u/normalboy961 · Nov 1 · gallery
- I made the Primids from Subspace!u/Cosmix427 · Nov 7 · gallery
- What do the +2 or -12 things on tier lists mean?u/Background_Bison_818 · Nov 3 · image
- Hmmmu/Soft_Drink_Enjoyer · Nov 7 · image
- steve and sonic being banned is the best thing to ever happen during a cashboxu/ColeFnaF · Nov 5 · image
- The Mario galaxy movie gave bowser jr peak moveset material. Would love to see him be one of the characters that gets reworked in the next installment (if there is one)u/Fun-Letter-1814 · Nov 4 · image
- promo cards?u/True-Assumption1398 · Nov 5 · gallery
- I finally got everyone into elite smashu/Any_Inspection_9710 · Nov 6 · image
- Congratulations to the winner of Melee Singles at Tipped Off 17: Haunted!u/itsIzumi · Nov 2 · text post
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/smashbros, from 2018 to 2022, ranked by Reddit.
- Knee check-upu/MHBali · Mar 27, 2021 · video
- Super Smash Bros: Infinity Waru/LuchaBots · Nov 1, 2018 · 38,264 points · 1,051 comments · video
- Untilted Goose - Concept for Smashu/evilsnowcookie · Sep 28, 2019 · 38,078 points · 629 comments · image
- Super Smash Bros for Switch Confirmed!u/SlinkiestMan · Mar 8, 2018 · 36,890 points · 2,975 comments · text post
- Frame by frame recreation of Avatar the Last Airbender Introu/TeamTrustfall · Jan 5, 2019 · 36,224 points · 447 comments · video
- Been recreating some stuff IRL from video games recently, With all the hype Smash was next! these are so much fun to do!u/Emcochingco · Oct 21, 2018 · 33,518 points · 534 comments · video
- Here's how the next heroes will die...u/Silverth5 · Aug 11, 2018 · 32,696 points · 875 comments · video
- Heartbreaking: Man Too Good at Fighting Game to Enjoy Playing Against Friends But Not Good Enough to Play Competitivelyu/jeremysmiles · Jun 29, 2019 · 33,203 points · 765 comments · link
- Satisfying 0 to Deathu/rahsosprout · Aug 26, 2019 · 31,100 points · 430 comments · video
- Working on a Smash Bros Miniseries! Took me forever to model the city of Onett!u/rgflake · May 14, 2019 · 32,037 points · 969 comments · video
What r/smashbros talks about
Looking at the titles of 149 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “smash”, “bros”, “melee”, “game” and “character”. Other frequent themes are tipped, congratulations, singles, daily, discussion and winner. Recurring phrases include “smash bros”, “daily discussion”, “melee singles” and “super smash”. By format, 36% are text posts, 27% are images and 26% are videos.
Popular post flairs: Ultimate (70), Other (29), Melee (20), All (8), Art (7), Subreddit (7).
Activity and best time to post
r/smashbros gets about 20 new posts a day. The public archive holds 596,332 posts and 11,385,412 comments in total, about 19.1 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Monday (28 posts) and the quietest was Friday (12). Posting peaks around 06:00 UTC and is lowest around 09:00 UTC.
Rules of r/smashbros
The moderators of r/smashbros list 6 rules. In short:
- Guidelines for Posting Media
- Posting Guidelines
- Competitive Guidelines
- Advertising Guidelines
- Relevancy Guidelines
- Anti-Drama Rules
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/smashbros 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/smashbros have?
r/smashbros has 1,474,427 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #720 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 1,561 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How old is r/smashbros?
r/smashbros was created on Jun 2, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Nov 1, 2009.
How active is r/smashbros?
Moderately: r/smashbros gets about 20 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 596,332 posts and 11,385,412 comments. In a sample of 149 recent posts we counted 118 different authors.
When is r/smashbros most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Monday and the quietest Friday, and most posts arrive around 06:00 UTC, with the fewest around 09:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/smashbros about?
The community describes itself as: “Welcome to Reddit's Smash Bros. community!” Recent post titles often mention smash, bros, melee, game and character. Most posts are text posts (36%).
Is r/smashbros safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/smashbros as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/smashbros?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/smashbros accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 6 posted rules, starting with: “Guidelines for Posting Media”; “Posting Guidelines”; “Competitive Guidelines”. 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 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/smashbros.