About r/startrek
In its own words:
A casual, constructive, and most importantly, welcoming place on the internet to talk about Star Trek
Community guide
r/startrek (#994, about 1.1 million) is a casual, constructive, welcoming place to talk about Star Trek news and episodes—not a free-for-all dunk thread or an unmarked-spoiler feed.
What belongs
Series discussion (about 79 posts/day; mostly text, some video). Rules ask people to be constructive, welcoming, truthful, nice and on-topic; they also cover spoilers, meta posts and representing yourself.
Versus scifi and StarWars
scifi is the wider genre; StarWars is a different franchise. This room stays on Star Trek.
Practical pointers
Mark spoilers; keep the tone constructive rather than a pile-on.
The community was created on Jun 17, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 756 subscribers (+0.07%). It sits just behind r/euphoria (#993) and ahead of r/ontario (#995) in our ranking.
What sets r/startrek apart
r/startrek is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 70% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 35% across the Top 100. Posts here spark a lot of conversation: the archive averages 29.5 comments per post, roughly 2.3× the typical big subreddit (13.0). For its size it is unusually busy: about 73.9 new posts a day per million members, more than 92% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (19:00 UTC) sees about 21.5× as many posts as the quietest (07:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/startrek went up from 1,059,520 to 1,065,368 subscribers (+5.8K, +0.55%). That is about 115 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/startrek this week
The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Nov 8, 2026).
- Walter Koenig Was Cast As Chekov To Increase Star Trek's Appeal To Younger Viewersu/FickleApartment2151 · Nov 5 · link
- I made an LCARS-style reader for Memory Alphau/dinoignacio · Nov 5 · link
- An elegant, one-sentence canon fix for Voyager’s "Harry Kim" cultural loopholeu/TomatilloHappy3609 · Nov 6 · text post
- Today marks the 30th anniversary of the DS9 crossover episode "Trials and Tribble-ations" (Nov 4th, 1996)u/Morgan-Moonscar · Nov 4 · video
- New to Star Trek and absolutely loving it.u/anonprouddad · Nov 6 · text post
- A Majel Barret interview that will make you smileu/water_bottle1776 · Nov 2 · video
- Mark Harelik was fantastic as Inspector Kashyk. The interplay between him and Janeway is great. He is such a lawful bad guy if that makes sense. I was so impressed that he took his defeat in stride a…u/AdSpecialist6598 · Nov 4 · video
- Wow, Encounter at Farpoint is a wild ride!u/drydorn · Nov 3 · text post
- Measure of a Man - why was Data’s personhood allowed to be questioned again?u/quoole · Nov 1 · text post
- The Inner Light on piano - a tribute to Sir Patrick Stewartu/MattCraigPiano · Nov 7 · video
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/startrek, from 2015 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- NEW STAR TREK SERIES WITH PATRICK STEWART CONFIRMED AT STLVAug 4, 2018 · 22,549 points · 3,137 comments · text post
- To our friends at /r/StarWars: "/r/StarTrek would like to join you in raising a glass to absent friends... To Family"u/Willravel · Dec 28, 2016 · 22,222 points · 0 comments · link
- Want to watch Discovery and all your favorite Trek series online without getting throttled or paying more? Join the fight for Net Neutrality! Don't let the FCC destroy the LCARS, err, I mean the Inte…u/BrazenlyGeek · Nov 22, 2017 · 20,767 points · 239 comments · link
- Star Trek: Picard | SDCC Trailer - Sir Patrick Stewart Returnsu/DemiFiendRSA · Jul 20, 2019 · 18,818 points · 4,192 comments · video
- Stephen Hawking has died at age 76. Let's remember Star Trek's greatest poker player.Mar 14, 2018 · 18,745 points · 384 comments · video
- Leonard Nimoy, Spock of ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 83u/drapestar · Feb 27, 2015 · 4,421 points · 746 comments · link
- Star Trek: DS9 actor Rene Auberjonois has died at age 79.u/Crostout · Dec 8, 2019 · 13,457 points · 1,112 comments · link
- Patrick Stewart passed away yesterdayu/mister_robat · Oct 29, 2026 · text post
- 'Star Trek: Discovery' Adds Jonathan Frakes as Directoru/Orfez · Jun 27, 2017 · 8,791 points · 777 comments · link
- Simon Pegg Thinks Next Star Trek Film Should Be Smaller, Have Less Spectacle - “Something a little bit more restrained in the vein of the original series.”u/Neo2199 · May 20, 2020 · link
What r/startrek talks about
Looking at the titles of 415 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “patrick”, “stewart”, “trek”, “star” and “picard”. Other frequent themes are sir, captain, tribute, tng, episode and light. Recurring phrases include “patrick stewart”, “star trek”, “sir patrick” and “inner light”. By format, 70% are text posts, 18% are videos and 12% are links.
Activity and best time to post
r/startrek gets about 79 new posts a day. The public archive holds 254,703 posts and 7,515,723 comments in total, about 29.5 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Thursday (186 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (29). Posting peaks around 19:00 UTC and is lowest around 07:00 UTC.
Rules of r/startrek
The moderators of r/startrek list 8 rules. In short:
- Be constructive
- Be welcoming
- Be truthful
- Be nice
- Keep on-topic
- Spoilers
- Meta
- Represent yourself
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/startrek 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/startrek have?
r/startrek has 1,065,368 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #994 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 5,848 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
When was r/startrek created?
r/startrek was created on Jun 17, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Aug 21, 2008.
Is r/startrek still active?
Yes. r/startrek gets about 79 new posts a day (average of the last week). Over its lifetime the archive counts 254,703 posts and 7,515,723 comments. In a sample of 415 recent posts we counted 377 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/startrek?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Thursday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 19:00 UTC, with the fewest around 07:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/startrek?
The community describes itself as: “A casual, constructive, and most importantly, welcoming place on the internet to talk about Star Trek” Recent post titles often mention patrick, stewart, trek, star and picard. Most posts are text posts (70%).
Is r/startrek SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/startrek as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/startrek?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/startrek accepts both text and link posts. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “Be constructive”; “Be welcoming”; “Be truthful”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/startrek?
Communities with similar topics include r/StarWars (4.7M), r/CasualUK (2.8M) and r/TwoXChromosomes (13.7M).
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/startrek.