About r/wiiu
In its own words:
Reddit's source for news, pictures, reviews, videos, community insight, & anything related to Nintendo's 8th-generation console, the Wii U.
Community guide
r/wiiu (#965, about 1.1 million) is Reddit’s Wii U hub—news, pictures, reviews and insight for Nintendo’s 8th-generation console—not general Nintendo meme spam or piracy/homebrew help.
What belongs
Wii U-related posts (about 12 posts/day). Rules: reddiquette; respect opinions; no repetitive/low-quality spam; avoid FAQs; link original sources; avoid general Nintendo news/memes; no piracy/homebrew; no trading/selling/begging; mark spoilers.
Versus 3DS and nintendo
Those cover other hardware or the whole brand. wiiu stays on the GamePad-era console with anti-homebrew posting rules.
Practical pointers
Link sources; skip piracy/homebrew and marketplace posts.
The community was created on Jun 7, 2011, which makes it 15 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 231 subscribers (+0.02%). Among the 20 communities on our Nintendo list it is number 6 by size. It sits just behind r/canadatravel (#964) and ahead of r/tooktoomuch (#966) in our ranking.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/wiiu grew from 1,097,848 to 1,099,556 subscribers (+1.7K, +0.16%). That is about 33 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/wiiu this week
This week’s highest-ranked posts, in Reddit’s own order (collected Nov 8, 2026).
- After so many years my dream came true!u/czlowiek_okap · Nov 7 · gallery
- MOST WANTED U Now REVIVED!u/Swimming-Campaign-34 · Nov 5 · video
- Disc resurfaceu/EitherParking2313 · Nov 2 · gallery
- Good Luck Charlie for The Wii U Conceptu/GreenGur146 · Nov 5 · gallery
- I wish they Finished Breath of the Wild on Wii Uu/TubaTechnician · Nov 6 · text post
- I ported Fallout 1 Community Edition to Wii U—with touchscreen inventory and dual-screen support!u/Wise_Humor_1178 · Nov 2 · text post
- LOST REAVERS has fully been revivedu/Swimming-Campaign-34 · Nov 4 · video
- Can the Wii U play games from a Castlewood ORB Drive? New SCSI device, new SCSI to USB cable to try out!u/napabar1989 · Nov 4 · video
- The price of being lazy I guessu/tucanmalote · Nov 7 · image
- Could this contraption cause interference with the gamepadu/megabyte56 · Nov 1 · image
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/wiiu, from 2014 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- Pretty sure Katy Perry was using a Wii Remote lanyard on her microphone at the Super Bowl halftime show...u/THE_REAL_SHAQUILLE · Feb 2, 2015 · 3,859 points · 326 comments · image
- Bought a “broken” Wii U off eBay…Surprise!u/Jonnysahn91 · May 9, 2026 · gallery
- Rest In Piece Satoru Iwata. Thank you for all the great memories.Jul 12, 2015 · 3,922 points · 238 comments · link
- Spot this in Facebooku/ChaseHN · Dec 5, 2024 · image
- Found this at a yard sale for a good price can anyone tell me more?u/TrnSteven · May 3, 2026 · gallery
- My friend was in the hospital and this lucky bastard gets to play Wii Uu/NoMeasurement6473 · Oct 16, 2024 · image
- I found this taped to the bottom of a used wii u I got from gamestop.u/jeremyjayg · Jun 2, 2019 · 3,244 points · 208 comments · image
- Just got a Wii U gamepad, I love Mario Kart but it's hard as ballsu/rebane2001 · Mar 27, 2017 · 3,158 points · 99 comments · image
- The real reason GTA 6 was delayedu/crashbandit3 · Nov 9, 2025 · image
- Poor guy...Jun 11, 2019 · 2,559 points · 137 comments · image
What r/wiiu talks about
We read the titles of 79 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “wii”, “games”, “gamepad”, “nintendo” and “game”. Other frequent themes are play, drive, work, storage, disc and external. Recurring phrases include “nintendo wii”, “mario kart”, “awful site” and “disc drive”. By format, 43% are text posts, 27% are images and 11% are videos.
Popular post flairs: Image (16), Discussion (11), Question (11), Technical Question (7), Video (6), PSA (2).
Activity and best time to post
r/wiiu gets about 12 new posts a day. The public archive holds 131,355 posts and 1,905,902 comments in total, about 14.5 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Friday (17 posts) and the quietest was Tuesday (8). Posting peaks around 20:00 UTC and is lowest around 06:00 UTC.
Rules of r/wiiu
The moderators of r/wiiu list 9 rules. In short:
- Remember the Human & follow the Reddiquette!
- Please respect everyone's views & opinions.
- No repetitive posts, low quality posts and spam.
- Avoid Frequently Asked Questions.
- Always link to original source.
- Avoid general Nintendo news and meme-style posts.
- No piracy/homebrew posts.
- Trading/buying/selling/begging or referral links
- Spoilers
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/wiiu 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/wiiu have?
r/wiiu has 1,099,556 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #965 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 1,708 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How old is r/wiiu?
r/wiiu was created on Jun 7, 2011, so it has been around for 15 years.
How active is r/wiiu?
Moderately: r/wiiu gets about 12 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 131,355 posts and 1,905,902 comments. In a sample of 79 recent posts we counted 69 different authors.
When is r/wiiu most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Friday and the quietest Tuesday, and most posts arrive around 20:00 UTC, with the fewest around 06:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/wiiu about?
The community describes itself as: “Reddit's source for news, pictures, reviews, videos, community insight, & anything related to Nintendo's 8th-generation console, the Wii U.” Recent post titles often mention wii, games, gamepad, nintendo and game. Most posts are text posts (43%).
Is r/wiiu safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/wiiu as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/wiiu?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/wiiu accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 9 posted rules, starting with: “Remember the Human & follow the Reddiquette!”; “Please respect everyone's views & opinions.”; “No repetitive posts, low quality posts and spam.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/wiiu?
Communities with similar topics include r/3DS (1.2M), r/nintendo (2.4M), r/NintendoSwitch (8M), r/zelda (3.3M) and r/AnimalCrossing (2.9M).
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/wiiu.