r/tea on SubMouse

About r/tea

In its own words:

Tea! This subreddit is for discussion of beverages made from soaking camellia sinensis leaves (or twigs) in water, and, to a lesser extent, herbal infusions, yerba mate, and other tisanes.

Community guide

r/tea (#970, about 1.1 million) is for drinks made from Camellia sinensis leaves or twigs, plus herbal infusions, yerba mate and other tisanes—not meme “sip tea” rooms or vendor-grievance threads.

What belongs

Tea talk and photos (about 43 posts/day; text with images and galleries). Rules limit self-promotion, merchant deep-links, affiliate or referral shorteners, surveys, sales pitches, vendor or user grievances, and drug-seeking; health-benefit threads are separately restricted, and low-effort posts are cut.

Versus SipsTea and BoneAppleTea

SipsTea and BoneAppleTea are joke or reaction spaces that share the word “tea.” This community stays on brewing, leaves and tisanes.

Practical pointers

Skip storefront links, coupon dumps and vendor complaints; ask about the leaf or the brew itself.

The community was created on Dec 19, 2008, which makes it 17 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 1,810 subscribers (+0.17%). It sits just behind r/wheredidthesodago (#967) and ahead of r/Justfuckmyshitup (#969) in our ranking.

What sets r/tea apart

For its size it is unusually busy: about 39.1 new posts a day per million members, more than 80% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 1.17% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 93% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (11:00 UTC) sees about 4.0× as many posts as the quietest (04:00 UTC).

Subscriber growth

Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/tea went up from 1,085,162 to 1,097,846 subscribers (+12.7K, +1.17%). That is about 249 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.

All-time top posts

The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/tea, from 2016 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.

Noone appreciates my new kettleu/ZorroFuchs · Nov 12, 2025 · image
Official statement from the US Embassy on the latest tea controversyu/AnEriksenWife · Jan 24, 2024 · image
My colleagues poke fun at my “old man thermos”, but I get to have hot tea and they don’t.u/Captain_Wisconsin · Dec 11, 2024 · image
Perfect job doesn't exi-u/dinnno13 · Feb 14, 2018 · 8,044 points · 116 comments · image
One thing coffee and tea drinkers can agree on... cocoa drinkers are plebs.u/saltyteabag · Oct 17, 2016 · 4,857 points · 421 comments · image
I just stumbled over this masterpiece...u/kentukky · Sep 24, 2026 · image
子冶石瓢全手工制作过程演示#宜兴紫砂#紫砂壶#中国匠人u/Zishateapot · Sep 3, 2020 · video
I know how we feel about bag tea but this goodwill find made the experience 100x more enjoyable.u/driizzie · Oct 3, 2025 · video
Hilarious yet trueu/mentel42 · Dec 16, 2020 · image
4chan's Beginners Guide on Teau/Gibbonja · Apr 5, 2017 · 5,770 points · 385 comments · link

What r/tea talks about

Across 262 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “cup”, “teas”, “green”, “grey” and “black”. Other frequent themes are questions, help, earl, good, stories and chai. Recurring phrases include “earl grey”, “cup daily”, “daily discussion” and “discussion questions”. By format, 44% are text posts, 25% are images and 20% are galleries.

cup 14
teas 11
green 10
grey 8
black 8
questions 8
help 8
earl 7
good 7
stories 7
chai 7
teapot 7
looking 6
daily 6
discussion 6
november 6
kettle 6
hot 6

Popular post flairs: Photo (73), Question/Help (71), Recommendation (26), Discussion (21), Video (7), Review (6).

Activity and best time to post

r/tea gets about 43 new posts a day. The public archive holds 185,253 posts and 1,875,479 comments in total, about 10.1 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Tuesday (51 posts) and the quietest was Thursday (29). Posting peaks around 11:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.

Posts per hour of the day, UTC, Oct 29, 2026 – Nov 4, 2026

Text posts 44%Images 25%Galleries 20%Links 6%Videos 5%

Rules of r/tea

The moderators of r/tea list 10 rules. In short:

Self-promotion
Health benefits and concerns
Be respectful of each other
Low-effort posting
Direct link to merchant
Survey
Drugs and Drug-Seeking
Affiliate, referral link, link shorteners
Sales and discounts
Grievances regarding vendors or other users

How to join

Open reddit.com/r/tea 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/tea have?

r/tea has 1,097,846 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #968 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 12,684 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.

How old is r/tea?

r/tea was created on Dec 19, 2008, so it has been around for 17 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Jan 10, 2009.

How active is r/tea?

Very active: r/tea gets about 43 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 185,253 posts and 1,875,479 comments. In a sample of 262 recent posts we counted 222 different authors.

When is r/tea most active?

Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Tuesday and the quietest Thursday, and most posts arrive around 11:00 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 is r/tea about?

The community describes itself as: “Tea! This subreddit is for discussion of beverages made from soaking camellia sinensis leaves (or twigs) in water, and, to a lesser extent, herbal infusions, yerba mate, and other tisanes.” Recent post titles often mention cup, teas, green, grey and black. Most posts are text posts (44%).

Is r/tea safe for work?

Yes. Reddit does not mark r/tea as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.

How do I post on r/tea?

Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/tea accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 10 posted rules, starting with: “Self-promotion”; “Health benefits and concerns”; “Be respectful of each other”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.

Which communities are like r/tea?

Communities with similar topics include r/SipsTea (4.1M) and r/BoneAppleTea (1.3M).

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/tea.

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