About r/thenetherlands
In its own words:
Welkom bij de grootste tweetalige Reddit community voor het delen van alles gerelateerd aan Nederland: nieuws, sport, humor, cultuur en vragen. | Welcome to the largest bilingual Reddit community for sharing anything related to the Netherlands: news, sports, humor, culture and questions.
Community guide
r/thenetherlands (#719, about 1.5 million subscribers) — Welkom bij een tweetalige Reddit community voor het delen van alles gerelateerd aan Nederland: nieuws, sport, humor, cultuur en vragen. | Welcome to a bilingual Reddit community for sharing anything… A recent sample averaged 25 posts a day (~45% link, ~42% text, ~10% image). Its public rules include: Adhere to Reddit content policy and reddiquette; No surveys, petitions or spam; No low-effort posts or low-effort questions; Posts must be related to the Netherlands; Titles and posts must be descriptive and objective.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Self-promotion and ads are limited—read those rules before linking your own channel or shop. Low-effort or empty shitposts are often removed—add context that fits the purpose.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community. The public rule list is long enough that skimming all entries once beats assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change. Search before reposting common clips or questions. Common flairs include: News, Question, Other, Culture.
The community was created on Feb 20, 2014, which makes it 12 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 346 subscribers (+0.02%). It sits just behind r/HobbyDrama (#718) and ahead of r/smashbros (#720) in our ranking.
What sets r/thenetherlands apart
It is a discussion-heavy community, with about 27.9 comments per post over its lifetime versus a Top 100 median of 13.0. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (09:00 UTC) sees about 15.0× as many posts as the quietest (00:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/thenetherlands climbed from 1,472,426 to 1,474,975 subscribers (+2.5K, +0.17%). That is about 50 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/thenetherlands this week
The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Nov 7, 2026).
- Pro wil verbod op verslavende algoritmes waardoor je blijft scrollenu/surpator · Nov 2 · link
- Stroopwafeloorlog tussen Dirk, Jumbo en Albert Heijn gaat verder: 12 koeken kosten hier 34 centu/salonoicheng · Nov 1 · link
- Demonstranten breken door de hekken van terrein datacenter Microsoft in Amsterdamu/MoetMaarWeer · Nov 6 · link
- Studentencomplex Utrecht alleen te betreden met digitale sleutel, bewoners zijn het zatu/Bupachuba · Nov 1 · link
- Woningnood raakt zelfs kinderwensu/Chronicbias · Nov 2 · link
- Meer hogeropgeleiden in de WW, waarschijnlijk door AIu/Repulsive-Truck-1269 · Nov 3 · link
- Na Palantir gaat Defensie opnieuw in zee met een controversieel Amerikaans techbedrijfu/Personal-Proposal-79 · Nov 6 · link
- Prijzen autorijlessen in vijf jaar ruim 40 procent gestegenu/Personal-Proposal-79 · Nov 6 · link
- Sarah ging met kinderen op reis na overlijden van haar man: 300 euro boeteu/DutchSapphire · Nov 4 · link
- Hoogleraren waarschuwen Europa: ‘Maak van China geen grotere schurk dan nodig’u/paneuropeanism_ · Nov 6 · link
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/thenetherlands, from 2016 to 2025, ranked by Reddit.
- Dom doet Aviciiu/Bafkonijn · Apr 21, 2018 · 26,369 points · 453 comments · video
- Commemoration of the dead while delivering Pizza's on the 4th of May @8PMu/d4v2d · May 5, 2018 · 14,037 points · 552 comments · link
- I'm shocked that my boyfriend eats this, but he says it's normaal. 'Pindakaas met zoetigheid' What other weird things do the Dutch eat?!?u/Stichomancy · Dec 15, 2021 · 8,497 points · 2,279 comments · image
- We gingen krijten voor vakkenvullers. Management photoshopte het deel weg waarin we voor hoger minimumloon pleiten...Apr 2, 2020 · 7,217 points · 803 comments · image
- This day in 1945, Loa Kulu Massacre, Japanese soldiers beheaded 144 Dutch prisoners, only after they had been forced to watch their wives being hacked to death with swords, and their children hurled …u/curiouscockgobbler · Aug 2, 2020 · image
- Dutch police officers were checking on an Ukrainian truck driver. Man started crying because his family was in Kharkiv and his bank account was blocked. Police offered him two lunch packages and star…Feb 26, 2022 · 6,931 points · 138 comments · image
- Europe According to the Dutch: a continent in stereotypesu/VictorVan · Dec 31, 2016 · 6,784 points · 460 comments · image
- “Amazing remembrance by the Dutch. Candles placed at 4259 Allied war graves at the Canadian War Cemetery in Groesbeek.”u/jerooney86 · Dec 25, 2017 · 6,734 points · 188 comments · image
- Our prime minister had a meeting with our king so he biked over and parked in front of the palaceu/jaapgrolleman · Oct 14, 2017 · 6,543 points · 315 comments · image
- Dutch healthcareu/keisagu · Dec 6, 2020 · video
What r/thenetherlands talks about
We read the titles of 178 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “voor”, “van”, “het”, “een” and “niet”. Other frequent themes are met, netherlands, wat, bij, meer and aan. Recurring phrases include “den haag”, “bij het”, “nog steeds” and “werd aangevallen”. By format, 45% are links, 42% are text posts and 10% are images.
Popular post flairs: News (64), Question (62), Other (37), Culture (7), Humor (3), Sinterklaas (2).
Activity and best time to post
r/thenetherlands gets about 25 new posts a day. The public archive holds 230,510 posts and 6,430,039 comments in total, about 27.9 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Wednesday (33 posts) and the quietest was Friday (20). Posting peaks around 09:00 UTC and is lowest around 00:00 UTC.
Rules of r/thenetherlands
The moderators of r/thenetherlands list 8 rules. In short:
- Adhere to Reddit content policy and reddiquette
- No surveys, petitions or spam
- No low-effort posts or low-effort questions
- Posts must be related to the Netherlands
- Titles and posts must be descriptive and objective
- Do not post duplicates of previous posts
- Assign your post the proper link flair; no [tags]
- Adhere to the language guidelines
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/thenetherlands 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/thenetherlands have?
r/thenetherlands has 1,474,975 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #719 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 2,549 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
When was r/thenetherlands created?
r/thenetherlands was created on Feb 20, 2014, so it has been around for 12 years.
Is r/thenetherlands still active?
Yes. r/thenetherlands gets about 25 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 230,510 posts and 6,430,039 comments. In a sample of 178 recent posts we counted 146 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/thenetherlands?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Wednesday and the quietest Friday, and most posts arrive around 09:00 UTC, with the fewest around 00:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/thenetherlands?
The community describes itself as: “Welkom bij de grootste tweetalige Reddit community voor het delen van alles gerelateerd aan Nederland: nieuws, sport, humor, cultuur en vragen. | Welcome to the largest bilingual Reddit community for sharing anything re…” Recent post titles often mention voor, van, het, een and niet. Most posts are links (45%).
Is r/thenetherlands SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/thenetherlands as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/thenetherlands?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/thenetherlands accepts both text and link posts, with images and galleries enabled. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “Adhere to Reddit content policy and reddiquette”; “No surveys, petitions or spam”; “No low-effort posts or low-effort questions”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/thenetherlands?
Communities with similar topics include r/humor (2.9M) and r/sports (22.1M).
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/thenetherlands.