About r/sports
In its own words:
Sports News and Highlights from the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, MLS, and leagues around the world.
The community was created on Sep 17, 2007, which makes it 19 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 1,421 subscribers (+0.01%). It sits just behind r/IAmA (#30) and ahead of r/personalfinance (#32) in our ranking.
What sets r/sports apart
Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 0.7 new posts a day per million members, which puts it in the quietest fifth of the Top 100. A good post has less competition here.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/sports climbed from 22,110,974 to 22,124,450 subscribers (+13.5K, +0.06%). That is about 337 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Top posts on r/sports this week
This week’s highest-ranked posts, in Reddit’s own order (collected Oct 29, 2026).
- The Brewers take home their first World Series title in franchise history!u/MLBOfficial · Oct 29 · video
- Morgan Turner (USA) disqualified for repeated eye gouges against Elizaveta Smirnova at the Senior World Championshipsu/Apprehensive_Sky4558 · Oct 29 · video
- The Brewers scored 8 Runs in the 5th inning and became the first team in MLB history to have 7 consecutive batters get a hit in a postseason game, let alone the World Series.u/a1oner_bvcksn6 · Oct 27 · video
- Ernie Johnson announces this will be his final season as host of Inside The NBAu/P___o___p___p___y · Oct 28 · video
- Two office workers were caught enjoying the third Test between South Africa and Australia from their desks overlooking the Newlands Stadium in Cape Townu/AffectionateWeb8519 · Oct 28 · video
- 24-yr-old Jacob Misiorowski lets out his emotion after pitching more than 5 shutout innings in the Brewers' World-Series-clinching performanceu/Large_banana_hammock · Oct 29 · video
- Protestors unfurled banners condemning Israel and the US-Israel relationship at Tuesday's NHL game between the St. Louis Blues and Vegas Golden Knights. Now that Blues have put out a statement callin…u/BostonSucksatHockey · Oct 26 · link
- Trevor Megill strikes out Jonny DeLuca as the Brewers WIN Game 1 of the World Seriesu/a1oner_bvcksn6 · Oct 24 · video
- Ronaldo announces Harry Kane as the 2026 Ballon d'Or winneru/mrjohnnymac18 · Oct 26 · video
- Aaron Ashby strikes out Yandy Diaz who couldn't check his swing as the Brewers take Game 2 of the World Seriesu/a1oner_bvcksn6 · Oct 25 · video
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/sports, from 2017 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- Weightlifter promised his wife to win an Olympic gold medal before she died in a car accidentu/unknown_human · Dec 16, 2017 · 137,486 points · 2,421 comments · image
- The LA Rams have an assistant coach whose job is to make sure Head Coach Sean McVay doesn't run into the officialsu/TooShiftyForYou · Jan 21, 2019 · 106,917 points · 2,834 comments · video
- A Pelicans fan snuck on to the court for warmups, stretched and put up a shot before the police escorted him offu/JF_112 · Jan 29, 2018 · 101,861 points · 2,157 comments · image
- Jon Rahm skips the ball across the pond for the hole-in-one!u/onetimeoneplace · Nov 10, 2020 · video
- "Just stay in there, you're done for tonight"u/woody313 · Feb 28, 2018 · 99,918 points · 1,627 comments · image
- The Monterrey Stadium. Mexico.u/berdyeff · Aug 24, 2017 · 97,498 points · 1,943 comments · image
- Dwyane Wade was very pleased with this no-look pass from LeBronu/TooShiftyForYou · Jan 19, 2018 · 96,003 points · 1,754 comments · image
- Synced videos of the Eagles fan running into the pillaru/sweedishfishoreo · Jan 23, 2018 · 96,217 points · 1,755 comments · video
- Boxing referee Steve Willis really loves his jobu/suzukigun4life · Mar 15, 2018 · 95,441 points · 1,224 comments · video
- US VP JD Vance getting booed during 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremonyFeb 6, 2026 · video
What r/sports talks about
Looking at the titles of 112 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “world”, “brewers”, “series”, “cup” and “game”. Other frequent themes are win, league, history, sport, fans and title. Recurring phrases include “world series”, “world cup”, “ballon d'or” and “harry kane”. By format, 67% are links, 31% are videos and 1% are images.
Popular post flairs: :soccer: Soccer (23), :football: Football (19), :baseball: Baseball (17), :basketball: Basketball (11), :racing: Motorsports (5), :discuss: Discussion (5).
Activity and best time to post
r/sports gets about 16 new posts a day. The public archive holds 835,951 posts and 9,245,624 comments in total, about 11.1 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Tuesday (21 posts) and the quietest was Saturday (10). Posting peaks around 19:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.
Rules of r/sports
The moderators of r/sports list 5 rules. In short:
- No Memes, Images or Low-Effort/Joke Posts.
- Titles Must be High-Effort and Descriptive
- No Blogs, Spam, or Illegal Content
- No Personal Information
- No Rudeness, Personal Attacks or Trolling
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/sports 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/sports have?
r/sports has 22,124,450 subscribers (Oct 29, 2026), which makes it the #31 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 13,476 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.
When was r/sports created?
r/sports was created on Sep 17, 2007, so it has been around for 19 years.
Is r/sports still active?
Yes. r/sports gets about 16 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 835,951 posts and 9,245,624 comments. In a sample of 112 recent posts we counted 69 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/sports?
Based on post counts from Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026, the busiest day was Tuesday and the quietest Saturday, and most posts arrive around 19:00 UTC, with the fewest around 04:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/sports?
The community describes itself as: “Sports News and Highlights from the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, MLS, and leagues around the world.” Recent post titles often mention world, brewers, series, cup and game. Most posts are links (67%).
Is r/sports SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/sports as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/sports?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/sports accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts), with videos enabled. It has 5 posted rules, starting with: “No Memes, Images or Low-Effort/Joke Posts.”; “Titles Must be High-Effort and Descriptive”; “No Blogs, Spam, or Illegal Content”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/sports?
Communities with similar topics include r/nfl (12.9M), r/nba (17.3M), r/leagueoflegends (8.5M), r/soccer (8.8M) and r/PremierLeague (5.1M).
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/sports.