About r/wholesomememes
In its own words:
Welcome to the wholesome side of the internet! This community is for those searching for a way to capture virtue on the internet.
The community was created on Sep 17, 2016, which makes it 10 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 1,399 subscribers (+0.01%). It sits just behind r/philosophy (#47) and ahead of r/nosleep (#49) in our ranking.
What sets r/wholesomememes apart
Compared with other large communities, r/wholesomememes leans heavily on images (82% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 9%). Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 0.3 new posts a day per million members, which puts it in the quietest fifth of the Top 100. A good post has less competition here.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/wholesomememes climbed from 18,293,718 to 18,299,355 subscribers (+5.6K, +0.03%). That is about 141 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Top posts on r/wholesomememes this week
What the community upvoted most over the last seven days, as ranked by Reddit (collected Oct 29, 2026).
- Frankenstein’s breakfastu/ThomasWykes · Oct 25 · image
- What’s it like to bloom?u/somethingphantastic · Oct 23 · image
- Nowhere Man [OC]u/MrMarkIrish · Oct 29 · image
- Just enjoy what life gives you!u/stepan_hawk · Oct 27 · image
- [OC] Even better.u/Disastrous-Host-7063 · Oct 24 · image
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/wholesomememes, from 2018 to 2023, ranked by Reddit.
- As real as it gets : )u/GolfDadNotes · Nov 20, 2020 · image
- RIP Hagridu/millert13 · Oct 14, 2022 · 170,426 points · 1,174 comments · image
- This should be the new challenge to make the world a better place!u/Baxxo25 · Mar 9, 2019 · 149,154 points · 1,546 comments · image
- duolingo can be good sometimesu/dowhatuwantiq · Feb 16, 2023 · 164,287 points · 2,060 comments · image
- This dad has one great sonu/sandwoman-23 · Mar 11, 2019 · 143,379 points · 1,277 comments · image
- He’s tryingAug 13, 2019 · 130,745 points · 1,016 comments · image
- Come on guys, they're trying their bestu/kulasiy0 · Jan 16, 2021 · image
- An unexpected friendshipu/Substantial_Degree · Dec 9, 2018 · 128,730 points · 793 comments · image
- Bart can be nice toou/bigdickian805 · Jun 21, 2019 · 132,724 points · 625 comments · image
- Live out your dreamsu/Elephant_Eater · Aug 20, 2019 · 127,696 points · 1,339 comments · image
Activity and best time to post
r/wholesomememes gets about 5.9 new posts a day. The public archive holds 657,746 posts and 9,823,115 comments in total, about 14.9 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Saturday (7 posts) and the quietest was Monday (0). Posting peaks around 18:00 UTC and is lowest around 00:00 UTC.
Rules of r/wholesomememes
The moderators of r/wholesomememes list 10 rules. In short:
- Must be a wholesome meme
- Original Content Only - No Reposts
- Be general, not specific
- No NSFW content
- No trolling, harassing, or general rudeness
- No personal info or private communication
- Post must link to image directly.
- Low Effort / Meta Meme
- Please make an effort with your title
- Cute Animals ≠ Wholesome
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/wholesomememes 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/wholesomememes?
r/wholesomememes has 18,299,355 subscribers (Oct 29, 2026), which makes it the #48 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 5,637 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.
How old is r/wholesomememes?
r/wholesomememes was created on Sep 17, 2016, so it has been around for 10 years.
How active is r/wholesomememes?
Moderately: r/wholesomememes gets about 5.9 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 657,746 posts and 9,823,115 comments.
When is r/wholesomememes most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026, the busiest day was Saturday and the quietest Monday, and most posts arrive around 18:00 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 is r/wholesomememes about?
The community describes itself as: “Welcome to the wholesome side of the internet! This community is for those searching for a way to capture virtue on the internet.” Most posts are images (82%).
Is r/wholesomememes safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/wholesomememes as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/wholesomememes?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/wholesomememes accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts), with images enabled. It has 10 posted rules, starting with: “Must be a wholesome meme”; “Original Content Only - No Reposts”; “Be general, not specific”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/wholesomememes?
Communities with similar topics include r/InternetIsBeautiful (16.6M), r/soccer (8.8M), r/soccercirclejerk (1.5M), r/CollegeBasketball (3M) and r/TwoXChromosomes (13.7M).
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/wholesomememes.