About r/spain
In its own words:
Un lugar para discutir temas relacionados con España. A place to discuss topics related to Spain and Spanish culture.
Community guide
r/spain (#987, about 1.1 million) is a bilingual room for topics related to Spain and Spanish culture—not the place for tourist questions, which the rules send to r/AskSpain or r/GoingToSpain, or for politics, which go to r/SpainPolitics.
What belongs
Spain-related discussion (about 23 posts/day; text and links). Rules, largely in Spanish, ban attacks, discrimination or praise of violence, low-effort threads, spam and self-promotion, conspiracy theories, disinformation, trolling and astroturfing; posts must relate to Spain.
Versus AskSpain, GoingToSpain and SpainPolitics
AskSpain and GoingToSpain exist specifically for questions; SpainPolitics is for political threads. This community is general Spain discussion with those topics redirected.
Practical pointers
Ask travel questions next door; keep political debates in r/SpainPolitics.
The community was created on Mar 9, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 378 subscribers (+0.04%). It sits just behind r/smoking (#987) and ahead of r/weddingshaming (#989) in our ranking.
What sets r/spain apart
Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (14:00 UTC) sees about 9.5× as many posts as the quietest (02:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/spain grew from 1,069,911 to 1,073,092 subscribers (+3.2K, +0.30%). That is about 62 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/spain this week
The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Nov 8, 2026).
- Tengo miedou/rodown · Nov 6 · image
- Que agobio, y eso que estoy en la lista robinsonu/Rollerama99 · Nov 2 · image
- X-encias...u/Ars998 · Nov 6 · image
- Óscar Puente anuncia su dimisiónu/Arhiman666 · Nov 3 · link
- Muere Jesús de Miguel, delantero del Tenerife, tras el brutal choque con el portero del Andorrau/bimbochungo · Nov 3 · link
- Pasaporte de mi bisabuelou/Alvarezz2013VdC · Nov 4 · gallery
- La sobrecarga en el Centro de Control de Atocha: “Hay trabajadores que salen llorando”u/bimbochungo · Nov 1 · link
- Visto en Barcelonau/Galactic-farmer · Nov 4 · gallery
- Remake en Español del duelo entre Darth Vader y Obi-Wan Kenobi en "Una nueva esperanza"u/roki · Nov 6 · video
- Media markt y su maravilloso serviciou/Active-Company-161 · Nov 3 · text post
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/spain, from 2020 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- A note received while vacationing.u/Icy_Ad_9017 · Jun 13, 2024 · image
- Spain cancels $820,000,000 arms contract with Israel.u/YusufZain002 · Sep 16, 2025 · image
- We love u tho ❤️u/Whispering_R · Dec 9, 2021 · 6,265 points · 313 comments · image
- SPAIN!!!u/Important_Market_128 · Jul 19, 2026 · image
- On this day, 20 December 1973, the Spanish fascist prime minister, who was hand-picked as dictator Francisco Franco's successor, Luis Carrero Blanco, was assassinated in Madrid.u/ManFromAnotherPlace · Dec 20, 2025 · image
- A migrant who arrived in Ceuta, says it was being advertised on social media that Spain had fully opened its doors to migrants.u/Acceptable-Day8395 · Aug 1, 2026 · video
- Hello Iberian neighbors, Portuguese man here, I come in peace to wish you all a great game later today, may the best winu/Clear_Salamander5093 · Jul 6, 2026 · image
- Thank you. Love from Ireland 😘😘u/2004nohope · Jul 14, 2024 · image
- Deberíamos prohibir los links a x/Twitteru/kondenado · Jan 22, 2025 · image
- Chica lo fi españolau/Inky125 · Sep 3, 2020 · image
What r/spain talks about
We read the titles of 159 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “que”, “españa”, “una”, “los” and “con”. Other frequent themes are para, spanish, sobre, barcelona, por and accidente. Recurring phrases include “los que”, “españa dudas”, “dudas sobre” and “eve looking”. By format, 41% are text posts, 24% are links and 17% are images.
Activity and best time to post
r/spain gets about 23 new posts a day. The public archive holds 107,152 posts and 738,149 comments in total, about 6.9 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Monday (30 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (15). Posting peaks around 14:00 UTC and is lowest around 02:00 UTC.
Rules of r/spain
The moderators of r/spain list 8 rules. In short:
- Las preguntas van en /r/AskSpain o r/GoingToSpain
- La política va en r/SpainPolitics
- No ataques a otros usuarios
- No toleramos la discriminación, la intoleracia o la apología de la violencia
- No hilos de poco esfuerzo
- No spam o auto-promoción
- No teorías conspiranoicas, desinformación, trolling o astroturfing
- Publicar contenido relacionado con España
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/spain 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/spain have?
r/spain has 1,073,092 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #988 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 3,181 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
When was r/spain created?
r/spain was created on Mar 9, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Apr 7, 2008.
Is r/spain still active?
Yes. r/spain gets about 23 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 107,152 posts and 738,149 comments. In a sample of 159 recent posts we counted 139 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/spain?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Monday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 14:00 UTC, with the fewest around 02:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/spain?
The community describes itself as: “Un lugar para discutir temas relacionados con España. A place to discuss topics related to Spain and Spanish culture.” Recent post titles often mention que, españa, una, los and con. Most posts are text posts (41%).
Is r/spain SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/spain as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/spain?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/spain accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “Las preguntas van en /r/AskSpain o r/GoingToSpain”; “La política va en r/SpainPolitics”; “No ataques a otros usuarios”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/spain?
Communities with similar topics include r/mexico (3.2M), r/RedditPregunta (1.7M), r/peliculas (1.1M) and r/photography (5.7M).
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/spain.