About r/CFB
In its own words:
The home of college football on reddit.
Community guide
r/CFB (#202, about 4.6 million) brands itself the internet’s college-football tailgate—the home of college football on Reddit. Rules (full text pointed at rules.redditcfb.com) require positive contribution and ban personal attacks, assault/violence jokes, bigotry, personal info, spam, superfluous bots, CFB-unrelated politics/religion, and links to removed/deleted content. Text/Link (~135.3 ppd).
College football only
CFB-unrelated politics or religion is out. Be a positive contributor; harassment and bigotry are hard bans.
Practical pointers
No personal info; no spam or annoying bots; don’t link removed/deleted content. Full rulebook lives at rules.redditcfb.com.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Sep 9, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 2,539 subscribers (+0.06%). It sits just behind r/solotravel (#201) and ahead of r/Wellthatsucks (#203) in our ranking.
What sets r/CFB apart
Compared with other large communities, r/CFB leans heavily on text posts (63% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 34%). Posts here spark a lot of conversation: the archive averages 105.7 comments per post, roughly 7.5× the typical big subreddit (14.0). For its size it is unusually busy: about 29.5 new posts a day per million members, more than 84% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.54% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 86% of the Top 100.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/CFB went up from 4,557,630 to 4,582,288 subscribers (+24.7K, +0.54%). That is about 560 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/CFB talks about
Across 657 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “state”, “game”, “matchup”, “football” and “preview”. Other frequent themes are college, postgame, defeats, cfp, team and florida. Recurring phrases include “matchup preview”, “college football”, “florida state” and “notre dame”. By format, 63% are text posts, 34% are links and 3% are videos.
Popular post flairs: Discussion (231), News (110), Casual (51), Analysis (50), Postgame Thread (47), Game Thread (35).
Activity and best time to post
r/CFB gets about 140 new posts a day. The public archive holds 663,746 posts and 70,178,806 comments in total, about 105.7 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (191 posts) and the quietest was Thursday (83). Posting peaks around 17:00 UTC and is lowest around 07:00 UTC.
Rules of r/CFB
The moderators of r/CFB list 9 rules. In short:
- Rule 1 - Be a positive contributor. *Go to https://rules.redditcfb.com for full rules*
- Rule 2 - No personal attacks or harassment
- Rule 3 - No joking or trash talk about sexual assault or violence
- Rule 4 - No racism, homophobia, sexism, ableism, transphobia, or other bigotry
- Rule 5 - No personal info
- Rule 6 - Do not spam
- Rule 7 - No annoying or superfluous bots
- Rule 8 - No CFB-unrelated politics or religion
- Rule 9 - No linking to removed and/or deleted content
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/CFB 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/CFB?
r/CFB has 4,582,288 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #202 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 24,658 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/CFB created?
r/CFB was created on Sep 9, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
Is r/CFB still active?
Yes. r/CFB gets about 140 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 663,746 posts and 70,178,806 comments. In a sample of 657 recent posts we counted 376 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/CFB?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday and the quietest Thursday, and most posts arrive around 17:00 UTC, with the fewest around 07:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/CFB?
The community describes itself as: “The home of college football on reddit.” Recent post titles often mention state, game, matchup, football and preview. Most posts are text posts (63%).
Is r/CFB SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/CFB as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/CFB?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/CFB accepts both text and link posts. It has 9 posted rules, starting with: “Rule 1 - Be a positive contributor. *Go to https://rules.redditcfb.com for full rules*”; “Rule 2 - No personal attacks or harassment”; “Rule 3 - No joking or trash talk about sexual assault or violence”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/CFB?
Communities with similar topics include r/CollegeBasketball (3M), r/soccer (8.8M), r/soccercirclejerk (1.5M), r/wholesomememes (18.3M) and r/fantasyfootball (3.5M).
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/CFB.