About r/soccer
In its own words:
The football subreddit. News, results, and discussion about the beautiful game.
The community was created on May 27, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 8,293 subscribers (+0.09%). Among the 12 communities on our soccer list it is the largest. It sits just behind r/gardening (#85) and ahead of r/Minecraft (#87) in our ranking.
What sets r/soccer apart
Posts here spark a lot of conversation: the archive averages 52.6 comments per post, roughly 3.2× the typical big subreddit (16.2). For its size it is unusually busy: about 33.3 new posts a day per million members, more than 95% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.36% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 90% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (16:00 UTC) sees about 8.0× as many posts as the quietest (03:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/soccer climbed from 8,805,880 to 8,837,659 subscribers (+31.8K, +0.36%). That is about 794 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Top posts on r/soccer this week
What the community upvoted most over the last seven days, as ranked by Reddit (collected Oct 30, 2026).
- Harry Kane announced as the winner of the 2026 Ballon d'Oru/iShowElliex12 · Oct 26 · video
- Harry Kane on his Instagram right after winning the Ballon d’Oru/Wakanda-shit-is-that · Oct 26 · image
- Scenes as Fleetwood Town knock Arsenal out of the Carabao Cupu/50lipaa · Oct 27 · video
- José Mourinho: “I dedicate this win to the Barça fans who did not let me take my nap in the hotel today. They came to the hotel and kept singing all day, I couldn't take my nap. Well, I didn't nap, b…u/ChiefLeef22 · Oct 26 · video
- The two Ballon D'Or winners 2026, Alexia Putellas and Harry Kaneu/AW8TE · Oct 26 · image
- Yan Diomande skill vs FC Barcelonau/shinutoki · Oct 25 · video
- A kid watching Fleetwood vs Arsenal from his bedroom windowu/AgeNovel3566 · Oct 28 · video
- Allianz Arena is celebrating Harry Kane's Ballon D'or win with Golden colours.u/EmptyVolition242 · Oct 27 · image
- In liga mx player accidentally kicks the linesman while trying to take a corner kicku/Imaginary-Reading-63 · Oct 25 · video
- (BBC) 4th division Fleetwood are 84 places below Arsenal. It is the biggest upset in the League cups 65 year historyu/Rare-Ad-2777 · Oct 27 · link
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/soccer, from 2016 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- Leicester City Are Premier League Championsu/m3ridah · May 2, 2016 · 6,530 points · 10,413 comments · link
- Petition to rename the subreddit to r/footballu/dead_blaze3271 · Dec 25, 2022 · 65,353 points · 860 comments · text post
- Harry Kane announced as the winner of the 2026 Ballon d'Oru/iShowElliex12 · Oct 26, 2026 · video
- Alassane Plea (Gladbach) scores a volley with his standing foot while faking a shot with his other footu/mattzaliar · Jan 29, 2020 · 59,412 points · 1,008 comments · video
- Italy [1]-0 Finland - Donkey Kong 1’u/11AB · Mar 16, 2020 · 57,742 points · 1,301 comments · video
- Kroos goal vs Sweden [2]-1 Free kicku/spoonfedsam · Jun 23, 2018 · 58,525 points · 5,871 comments · video
- [FC Barcelona] Messi will not renew with FC Barcelonau/SuperBros697 · Aug 5, 2021 · 59,122 points · 8,921 comments · link
- Messi trying to get Cucurella a red card after he touched his mouthu/Al3xanderTh3Gr3at · Jul 19, 2026 · video
- Juventus 0-2 Real Madrid - Cristiano Ronaldo 64' (Champions League - Quarter-finals)u/gemifra · Apr 3, 2018 · 50,507 points · 4,086 comments · video
- Argentina have won their third World Cup title at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar!u/HancokUndead · Dec 18, 2022 · 49,602 points · 9,516 comments · link
What r/soccer talks about
We read the titles of 700 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “league”, “ballon”, “d'or”, “kane” and “match”. Other frequent themes are harry, real, madrid, football, goal and united. Recurring phrases include “ballon d'or”, “harry kane”, “real madrid” and “champions league”. By format, 34% are links, 26% are videos and 20% are text posts.
Popular post flairs: :n_goal: Goal Clip (164), :n_paper: News (102), :n_media: Media (102), :n_opinion: Opinion Piece (64), :n_stats: Stats (47), :n_media: Match Clip (47).
Activity and best time to post
r/soccer gets about 290 new posts a day. The public archive holds 2,078,389 posts and 109,416,582 comments in total, about 52.6 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Monday (352 posts) and the quietest was Friday (213). Posting peaks around 16:00 UTC and is lowest around 03:00 UTC.
Rules of r/soccer
The moderators of r/soccer list 13 rules. In short:
- Follow reddiquette
- No racism, homophobia, xenophobia, sexism or other offensive behaviour
- Be on topic
- No shit-posting
- No Duplicates
- No NSFW content
- You must link sources for news, quotes and stats
- Only valuable image and stat submissions
- Please use factual and objective titles
- No low-effort questions as top-level submissions
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/soccer 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/soccer?
r/soccer has 8,837,659 subscribers (Oct 29, 2026), which makes it the #86 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 31,779 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.
How old is r/soccer?
r/soccer was created on May 27, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
How active is r/soccer?
Very active: r/soccer gets about 290 new posts a day (average of the last week). Over its lifetime the archive counts 2,078,389 posts and 109,416,582 comments. In a sample of 700 recent posts we counted 364 different authors.
When is r/soccer most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026, the busiest day was Monday and the quietest Friday, and most posts arrive around 16:00 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/soccer about?
The community describes itself as: “The football subreddit. News, results, and discussion about the beautiful game.” Recent post titles often mention league, ballon, d'or, kane and match. Most posts are links (34%).
Is r/soccer safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/soccer 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/soccer?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/soccer accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 13 posted rules, starting with: “Follow reddiquette”; “No racism, homophobia, xenophobia, sexism or other offensive behaviour”; “Be on topic”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/soccer?
Communities with similar topics include r/soccercirclejerk (1.5M), r/InternetIsBeautiful (16.6M), r/sports (22.1M), r/tattoos (10.3M) and r/wholesomememes (18.3M).
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/soccer.