About r/tennis
In its own words:
Professional tennis discussion. Feel free to visit our sister sub for more information on technique, r/10s.
Community guide
r/tennis (#520, about 2.1 million) — Professional tennis discussion. Feel free to visit our sister sub for more information on technique, r/10s. Collected rules highlight Duplicate Posting; Be Respectful; Sexism / Sexual Content, among 14 listed. Activity mix in sample: text:240, image:140, video:55, link:35. Bu.
What belongs here
Posts should match the community’s curatorial bar—Professional tennis discussion. Feel free to visit our sister sub for more information on technique, r/10s. Hard filters include: Duplicate Posting; Be Respectful; Sexism / Sexual Content; Low-Effort / Relevant Discourse. Off-scope, spam, and low-effort dumps are the usual removal reasons when those rules are listed.
How it differs
Neighbor communities called out in the public description include r/10s. Use those when your post is a better fit elsewhere; this page only paraphrases publicly listed distinctions.
Before you post
Common flairs in the sample: Post-Match Thread, Discussion, ATP, News. Recent sample composition: text:240, image:140, video:55, link:35. Bu. Format-sensitive rules to read first: Misinformation; Bad / Editorialized Post Titles. Treat subscriber and posts-per-day figures as directory snapshots, not live Reddit counters.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jun 11, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 954 subscribers (+0.04%). It sits just behind r/startups (#519) and ahead of r/HouseOfTheDragon (#522) in our ranking.
What sets r/tennis apart
It is a discussion-heavy community, with about 38.5 comments per post over its lifetime versus a Top 100 median of 13.3. For its size it is unusually busy: about 29.5 new posts a day per million members, more than 81% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (14:00 UTC) sees about 6.3× as many posts as the quietest (05:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/tennis climbed from 2,138,129 to 2,146,253 subscribers (+8.1K, +0.38%). That is about 185 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/tennis talks about
We read the titles of 500 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “def”, “wta”, “6-3”, “6-4” and “paris”. Other frequent themes are masters, 7-6, open, atp, zverev and 6-2. Recurring phrases include “paris masters”, “hong kong”, “vienna open” and “basel open”. By format, 48% are text posts, 28% are images and 11% are videos.
Popular post flairs: Post-Match Thread (155), Discussion (94), ATP (53), News (39), WTA (31), Stats/Analysis (22).
Activity and best time to post
r/tennis gets about 63 new posts a day. The public archive holds 377,581 posts and 14,527,667 comments in total, about 38.5 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Wednesday (82 posts) and the quietest was Saturday (64). Posting peaks around 14:00 UTC and is lowest around 05:00 UTC.
Rules of r/tennis
The moderators of r/tennis list 14 rules. In short:
- Duplicate Posting
- Be Respectful
- Sexism / Sexual Content
- Low-Effort / Relevant Discourse
- Misinformation
- Bad / Editorialized Post Titles
- Posting in English
- Big 3 / GOAT Discussions
- Meme Rules
- Politics
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/tennis 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 big is r/tennis?
r/tennis has 2,146,253 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #520 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 8,124 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/tennis created?
r/tennis was created on Jun 11, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
Is r/tennis still active?
Yes. r/tennis gets about 63 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 377,581 posts and 14,527,667 comments. In a sample of 500 recent posts we counted 213 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/tennis?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Wednesday and the quietest Saturday, and most posts arrive around 14:00 UTC, with the fewest around 05:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/tennis?
The community describes itself as: “Professional tennis discussion. Feel free to visit our sister sub for more information on technique, r/10s.” Recent post titles often mention def, wta, 6-3, 6-4 and paris. Most posts are text posts (48%).
Is r/tennis SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/tennis as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/tennis?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/tennis accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 14 posted rules, starting with: “Duplicate Posting”; “Be Respectful”; “Sexism / Sexual Content”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/tennis?
Communities with similar topics include r/JuJutsuKaisen (2.5M), r/crochet (2M), r/itookapicture (7.6M), r/frugalmalefashion (3.2M) and r/Perfectfit (3.2M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026). 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/tennis.