About r/zelda
In its own words:
/r/Zelda is the unofficial hub for anything and everything The Legend of Zelda - the iconic Nintendo series. Feel free to share news, reviews, opinions, fan art, humour, videos, or anything else Zelda. For fans, by fans.
The community was created on Sep 1, 2009, which makes it 17 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 2,022 subscribers (+0.06%). Among the 13 communities on our Nintendo list it is number 2 by size.
What sets r/zelda apart
For its size it is unusually busy: about 28.3 new posts a day per million members, more than 94% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (17:00 UTC) sees about 5.4× as many posts as the quietest (08:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/zelda climbed from 3,327,368 to 3,336,603 subscribers (+9.2K, +0.28%). That is about 231 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/zelda talks about
Looking at the titles of 596 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “oot”, “ocarina”, “remake”, “switch” and “botw”. Other frequent themes are totk, link, oothd, game, nintendo and order. Recurring phrases include “oot remake”, “botw totk”, “pre order” and “wind waker”. By format, 37% are text posts, 35% are images and 13% are videos.
Popular post flairs: Missing Title Tag (211), Question (76), Discussion (68), Fan Art (48), Video (39), Screenshot (36).
Activity and best time to post
r/zelda gets about 95 new posts a day. The public archive holds 383,316 posts and 4,634,723 comments in total, about 12.1 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Wednesday (156 posts) and the quietest was Sunday (28). Posting peaks around 17:00 UTC and is lowest around 08:00 UTC.
Rules of r/zelda
The moderators of r/zelda list 13 rules. In short:
- Posts Titles must start with a tag in brackets. Post Flair also required.
- Mark Spoilers
- Art Sources and Permission Required
- No Low Quality Posts or Memes not about Zelda
- Reposts
- Be Civil
- No Piracy
- No NSFW content
- No Transactions
- No Obvious Self-Promotion
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/zelda 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/zelda have?
r/zelda has 3,336,603 subscribers, which makes it the #311 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 9,235 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.
When was r/zelda created?
r/zelda was created on Sep 1, 2009, so it has been around for 17 years.
Is r/zelda still active?
Yes. r/zelda gets about 95 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 383,316 posts and 4,634,723 comments. In a sample of 596 recent posts we counted 406 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/zelda?
Based on post counts from Oct 22, 2026 to Oct 28, 2026, the busiest day was Wednesday and the quietest Sunday, and most posts arrive around 17:00 UTC, with the fewest around 08:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/zelda?
The community describes itself as: “/r/Zelda is the unofficial hub for anything and everything The Legend of Zelda - the iconic Nintendo series. Feel free to share news, reviews, opinions, fan art, humour, videos, or anything else Zelda. For fans, by fans.” Recent post titles often mention oot, ocarina, remake, switch and botw. Most posts are text posts (37%).
Is r/zelda SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/zelda as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/zelda?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/zelda accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 13 posted rules, starting with: “Posts Titles must start with a tag in brackets. Post Flair also required.”; “Mark Spoilers”; “Art Sources and Permission Required”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/zelda?
Communities with similar topics include r/NintendoSwitch (8M), r/leagueoflegends (8.5M), r/nintendo (2.4M), r/PS5 (8.2M) and r/gaming (47.4M).
Stats from public data (data updated Oct 29, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Oct 30, 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/zelda.