r/television on SubMouse

About r/television

In its own words:

For content primarily about and related to scripted television programming

The community was created on Jan 25, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 3,233 subscribers (+0.02%). Among the 8 communities on our TV shows list it is the largest. It sits just behind r/nosleep (#49) and ahead of r/listentothis (#51) in our ranking.

What sets r/television apart

Compared with other large communities, r/television leans heavily on text posts (47% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 17%).

Subscriber growth

Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/television went up from 18,137,143 to 18,155,054 subscribers (+17.9K, +0.10%). That is about 448 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.

All-time top posts

The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/television, from 2016 to 2020, ranked by Reddit.

Sinclair's script for the local news stations that they ownApr 1, 2018 · 131,955 points · 6,363 comments · video
Netflix has finally added an option to disable autoplay while browsing.u/DynamaxGarbodor · Feb 6, 2020 · 120,944 points · 2,679 comments · link
'Avatar: The Last Airbender' Sweeps to Number #1 TV Series in Netflix USMay 22, 2020 · link
All three seasons of Avatar: The Last Airbender will hit Netflix in MayApr 23, 2020 · 89,755 points · 3,415 comments · link
Why Hollywood's Abandonment Of Terry Crews Is Unacceptableu/ix0WXOeip4V6 · Dec 3, 2017 · link
Aziz Ansari Is Guilty. Of Not Being a Mind Reader.u/Eurynom0s · Jan 16, 2018 · 88,529 points · 15,257 comments · link
I think I'm done with Bill Nye. His new show sucks.u/Sloth859 · May 16, 2017 · 85,316 points · 17,037 comments · text post
ANALYSIS: Netflix Saved Its Average User From 9.1 Days of Commercials in 2019u/trexmoflex · May 13, 2020 · link
Bill Nye's new show on Netflix in 2017 - "Each episode will tackle a topic from a scientific point of view, dispelling myths, and refuting anti-scientific claims that may be espoused by politicians, …Jan 3, 2017 · 82,165 points · 5,861 comments · link
Netflix's 'The Witcher' is one of the biggest shows in the US despite poor reviews from criticsDec 27, 2019 · 81,688 points · 6,879 comments · link

What r/television talks about

Looking at the titles of 370 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “season”, “show”, “series”, “shows” and “netflix”. Other frequent themes are episode, star, watching, dies, hbo and snl. Recurring phrases include “eric bauza”, “netflix users”, “star trek” and “bugs bunny”. By format, 47% are text posts, 42% are links and 11% are videos.

season 42
show 42
series 39
shows 23
netflix 23
episode 18
star 13
watching 13
dies 10
hbo 10
snl 10
watch 9
good 9
episodes 9
eric 8
bauza 8
voice 8
reboot 8

Popular post flairs: Disallowed Domain (8), No mobile links (4), Submission pending moderator review (2), No Petitions (2), Removed - Hard Paywall (2), See Weekly Rec Thread (2).

Activity and best time to post

r/television gets about 59 new posts a day. The public archive holds 797,412 posts and 24,725,427 comments in total, about 31.0 comments per post.

Text posts 47%Links 42%Videos 11%

Rules of r/television

The moderators of r/television list 12 rules. In short:

No spoilers
No piracy
No duplicate news/old news
No political reporting except for late night shows
No bad titles
No being uncivil to other users
No threads to ask for a recommendation
No requests for help
No non-top level sources
No gossip

How to join

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

r/television has 18,155,054 subscribers (Oct 29, 2026), which makes it the #50 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 17,911 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.

How old is r/television?

r/television was created on Jan 25, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Feb 20, 2008.

How active is r/television?

Very active: r/television gets about 59 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 797,412 posts and 24,725,427 comments. In a sample of 370 recent posts we counted 285 different authors.

What is r/television about?

The community describes itself as: “For content primarily about and related to scripted television programming” Recent post titles often mention season, show, series, shows and netflix. Most posts are text posts (47%).

Is r/television safe for work?

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

How do I post on r/television?

Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/television accepts both text and link posts, with polls enabled. It has 12 posted rules, starting with: “No spoilers”; “No piracy”; “No duplicate news/old news”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.

Which communities are like r/television?

Communities with similar topics include r/programming (6.9M), r/Screenwriting (1.8M), r/learnprogramming (4.4M), r/ProgrammerHumor (4.8M) and r/astrophotography (2.6M).

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/television.

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