About r/3DS
In its own words:
The place to discuss all stuff related to the Nintendo 3DS™ family!
Community guide
r/3DS (#899, about 1.2 million) discusses the Nintendo 3DS family—hardware, software, collections—not Switch-wide Nintendo talk or piracy help.
What belongs
3DS-related discussion and media (about 52 posts/day). Samples mix text, image, and gallery with Technical Question and Collection flairs. Rules block non-3DS posts, piracy/ROM/flashcart links, FAQ/yes-no googles, general recs, spoilers mishandling, friend-code requests, trading/selling, and self-promo.
Versus nintendo and NintendoSwitch
Those rooms span the whole brand or Switch. 3DS stays on the dual-screen handheld line and bans piracy links explicitly.
Practical pointers
Keep spoilers tagged; skip ROM/flashcart links and marketplace begging.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jun 16, 2010, which makes it 16 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,031 subscribers (+0.09%). Among the 20 communities on our Nintendo list it is number 5 by size. It sits just behind r/WhyWereTheyFilming (#898) and ahead of r/PiratedGames (#900) in our ranking.
What sets r/3DS apart
For its size it is unusually busy: about 44.1 new posts a day per million members, more than 83% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (17:00 UTC) sees about 7.6× as many posts as the quietest (04:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/3DS went up from 1,179,478 to 1,185,484 subscribers (+6K, +0.51%). That is about 137 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/3DS talks about
Across 366 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “2ds”, “screen”, “nintendo”, “game” and “help”. Other frequent themes are games, top, modded, card, good and modding. Recurring phrases include “top screen”, “nintendo 2ds”, “good price” and “circle pad”. By format, 33% are text posts, 29% are images and 26% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: Technical Question (166), Discussion (58), Collection / Show Off (39), Miscellaneous (21), Request (16), Recommendation (15).
Activity and best time to post
r/3DS gets about 52 new posts a day. The public archive holds 329,354 posts and 3,826,920 comments in total, about 11.6 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (64 posts) and the quietest was Monday (47). Posting peaks around 17:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.
Rules of r/3DS
The moderators of r/3DS list 10 rules. In short:
- Not 3DS related
- Piracy
- Yes/No question, in FAQ or easily googled
- Asking for general recommendations
- Spoilers
- Links to flashcarts/roms/piracy
- Repost
- Friend Code request
- Trading/Selling/Begging/Buying
- Self-Promotion
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/3DS 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/3DS have?
r/3DS has 1,185,484 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #899 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 6,006 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/3DS?
r/3DS was created on Jun 16, 2010, so it has been around for 16 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Jan 19, 2011.
How active is r/3DS?
Very active: r/3DS gets about 52 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 329,354 posts and 3,826,920 comments. In a sample of 366 recent posts we counted 313 different authors.
When is r/3DS most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday and the quietest Monday, and most posts arrive around 17:00 UTC, with the fewest around 04:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/3DS about?
The community describes itself as: “The place to discuss all stuff related to the Nintendo 3DS™ family!” Recent post titles often mention 2ds, screen, nintendo, game and help. Most posts are text posts (33%).
Is r/3DS safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/3DS as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/3DS?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/3DS accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 10 posted rules, starting with: “Not 3DS related”; “Piracy”; “Yes/No question, in FAQ or easily googled”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/3DS?
Communities with similar topics include r/NintendoSwitch (8M), r/nintendo (2.4M), r/wiiu (1.1M), r/familyguy (1.2M) and r/zelda (3.3M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 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/3DS.