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Oldest subreddits: 100 of Reddit’s earliest communities
Explore 100 of Reddit’s earliest communities, ordered by their recorded creation dates — from r/reddit.com in January 2006 through the large wave of communities created in early 2008. The list includes archived communities, early experiments and familiar names such as r/programming, r/science and r/politics.
By year: 2006: 26 · 2007: 10 · 2008: 64.
The list
| # | Community | Created (UTC) | Members in snapshot | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | r/reddit.com | 22:45 | 1,012,755 date unknown |
The original catch-all community from Reddit’s early front page. It is archived; Reddit retired it in 2011. |
| 2 | r/features | 06:55 | 5,884 date unknown |
An early community with a site-related name; its purpose was not checked. |
| 3 | r/olympics | 08:02 | 1,565,538 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 4 | r/de | 06:22 | 2,977,733 as of Jan 2025 |
One of the language communities created in February 2006. |
| 5 | r/fr | 06:23 | 3,330 date unknown |
One of the language communities created in February 2006. |
| 6 | r/es | 06:23 | 240,837 as of Jan 2025 |
One of the language communities created in February 2006. |
| 7 | r/ko | 06:24 | 333 date unknown |
One of the language communities created in February 2006. |
| 8 | r/zh | 06:25 | 573 date unknown |
One of the language communities created in February 2006. |
| 9 | r/ja | 06:25 | 17,994 as of Jan 2025 |
One of the language communities created in February 2006. |
| 10 | r/pl | 04:55 | 405 date unknown |
One of the language communities created in February 2006. |
| 11 | r/hu | 04:55 | 5,988 as of Jan 2025 |
One of the language communities created in February 2006. |
| 12 | r/pt | 04:56 | 861 as of Jan 2025 |
One of the language communities created in February 2006. |
| 13 | r/eu | 04:58 | 7,011 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 14 | r/it | 04:58 | 81,078 as of Jan 2025 |
One of the language communities created in February 2006. |
| 15 | r/no | 04:59 | 72,481 date unknown |
One of the language communities created in February 2006. |
| 16 | r/vi | 05:00 | 1,580 date unknown |
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| 17 | r/ca | 05:00 | 1,061 date unknown |
One of the language communities created in February 2006. |
| 18 | r/programming | 18:19 | 6,744,722 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 19 | r/joel | 17:07 | 1,592 date unknown |
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| 20 | r/moveon | 06:30 | 168 date unknown |
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| 21 | r/freeculture | 02:59 | 8,978 date unknown |
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| 22 | r/arxiv | 01:01 | 772 date unknown |
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| 23 | r/bg | 02:00 | 198 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 24 | r/nytimes | 14:14 | 45,995 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 25 | r/slate | 15:45 | 517 date unknown |
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| 26 | r/science | 13:54 | 33,670,453 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 27 | r/obama | 17:06 | 29,121 date unknown |
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| 28 | r/ads | 07:34 | 13,106 date unknown |
An early community with a site-related name; its purpose was not checked. |
| 29 | r/netsec | 17:30 | 517,188 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 30 | r/politics | 05:16 | 8,737,390 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 31 | r/bugs | 13:31 | 72,484 as of Jan 2025 |
An early community with a site-related name; its purpose was not checked. |
| 32 | r/business | 18:41 | 2,440,210 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 33 | r/gadgets | 18:42 | 22,798,031 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 34 | r/sports | 18:43 | 21,843,054 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 35 | r/gaming | 18:43 | 45,434,655 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 36 | r/entertainment | 18:44 | 5,776,603 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 37 | r/cogsci | 00:21 | 125,613 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 38 | r/math | 22:05 | 3,799,529 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 39 | r/CHS | 22:16 | 611 date unknown |
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| 40 | r/robotics | 22:19 | 264,563 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 41 | r/ronpaul | 00:07 | 23,907 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 42 | r/comics | 00:10 | 2,676,676 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 43 | r/pics | 00:31 | 31,386,420 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 44 | r/torrents | 01:53 | 238,699 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 45 | r/bioinformatics | 02:22 | 127,717 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 46 | r/Python | 03:14 | 1,325,561 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 47 | r/xkcd | 03:16 | 164,722 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 48 | r/lolcats | 03:16 | 114,746 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 49 | r/offbeat | 03:17 | 743,501 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 50 | r/hrw | 03:17 | 1,393 date unknown |
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| 51 | r/worldnews | 03:18 | 44,166,945 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 52 | r/Tasers | 03:20 | 351 date unknown |
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| 53 | r/area51 | 03:23 | 41,090 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 54 | r/technology | 03:27 | 18,028,228 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 55 | r/geek | 03:29 | 588,446 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 56 | r/hardware | 03:30 | 4,309,138 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 57 | r/software | 03:30 | 259,453 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 58 | r/linux | 03:31 | 1,646,022 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 59 | r/microsoft | 03:31 | 1,428,461 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 60 | r/podcasts | 03:36 | 3,821,909 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 61 | r/videos | 03:37 | 26,796,914 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 62 | r/apple | 03:43 | 6,132,166 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 63 | r/blogs | 03:49 | 94,594 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 64 | r/AskReddit | 03:52 | 51,551,345 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 65 | r/sandbox | 03:58 | 9,302 as of Jan 2025 |
The name suggests a test community; its purpose was not checked. |
| 66 | r/productivity | 04:02 | 3,792,891 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 67 | r/social_bookmarking | 04:04 | 857 date unknown |
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| 68 | r/web_design | 04:05 | 911,930 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 69 | r/environment | 04:05 | 1,549,158 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 70 | r/aww | 04:07 | 37,563,919 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 71 | r/Africa | 04:16 | 120,623 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 72 | r/india | 04:20 | 2,482,127 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 73 | r/auto | 04:21 | 14,035 date unknown |
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| 74 | r/Economics | 04:27 | 5,240,534 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 75 | r/digg | 04:30 | 1,238 date unknown |
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| 76 | r/Music | 04:30 | 36,402,089 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 77 | r/classified | 04:32 | 6,384 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 78 | r/deutschland | 04:45 | 33,540 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 79 | r/leet | 04:46 | 254 date unknown |
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| 80 | r/ruby | 05:07 | 87,439 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 81 | r/anime | 05:10 | 12,363,078 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 82 | r/test | 05:11 | 25,830 date unknown |
The name suggests a test community; its purpose was not checked. |
| 83 | r/philadelphia | 05:12 | 534,427 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 84 | r/startups | 05:23 | 1,800,380 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 85 | r/oracle | 05:25 | 21,985 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 86 | r/Stuff | 05:28 | 4,902 date unknown |
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| 87 | r/virtualization | 05:29 | 24,613 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 88 | r/photography | 05:32 | 5,470,483 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 89 | r/iphone | 05:34 | 4,094,107 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 90 | r/USPE08 | 05:34 | 1,454 date unknown |
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| 91 | r/bash | 05:38 | 70,528 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 92 | r/hiphop | 05:44 | 283,393 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 93 | r/nota | 05:47 | 314 date unknown |
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| 94 | r/herddit | 05:55 | 659 date unknown |
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| 95 | r/meta | 05:56 | 9,842 as of Jan 2025 |
An early community with a site-related name; its purpose was not checked. |
| 96 | r/astro | 05:58 | 4,765 date unknown |
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| 97 | r/Transhuman | 06:05 | 28,951 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 98 | r/musicians | 06:08 | 105,733 date unknown |
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| 99 | r/writing | 06:12 | 3,102,895 as of Jan 2025 |
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| 100 | r/indierock | 06:14 | 10,582 as of Jan 2025 |
Source
Source: creation dates (UTC), safe-for-work labels and member counts come from the public subreddits-directory dataset of 395,018 communities, so this is not a complete record of every subreddit ever created. Member counts are historical snapshots, many retrieved in January 2025 and others undated; labels and current status may have changed, and some communities may now be archived, private or closed to posting.