About r/ChikaPH
In its own words:
noun] gossip; rumors; chit-chat. Must have 200+ karma and >14-day old account to engage in this community. This subreddit primarily serves as a gossip page, where users can share and discuss various rumors, speculations, and gossip within a designated context.
Community guide
r/ChikaPH (#933, about 1.2 million) is a Philippine entertainment gossip (“chika”) room with karma/account-age gates—blur sources, keep it civil, and park celebrity ask-threads in the weekly megathread.
What belongs
Gossip and chismis (about 38 posts/day). Rules: must be chika; follow Reddit policy; correct flair; civility; no low-effort/trolling/political propaganda/brigading/merch ads; blur source handles; celebrity asks → weekly megathread.
Versus popculturechat
Global pop-culture chat is wider. ChikaPH is PH-celebrity tea with local flair names (e.g. GMA 7).
Practical pointers
Blur socmed handles; use the weekly ask megathread.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Oct 2, 2023, which makes it 3 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,052 subscribers (+0.09%). It sits just behind r/residentevil (#932) and ahead of r/formuladank (#934) in our ranking.
What sets r/ChikaPH apart
Compared with other large communities, r/ChikaPH leans heavily on images (42% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 22%). It is a discussion-heavy community, with about 36.8 comments per post over its lifetime versus a Top 100 median of 13.1. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.95% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 92% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (09:00 UTC) sees about 4.8× as many posts as the quietest (11:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/ChikaPH went up from 1,129,236 to 1,139,917 subscribers (+10.7K, +0.95%). That is about 243 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/ChikaPH talks about
We read the titles of 240 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “ang”, “pbb”, “mga”, “heart” and “kmjs”. Other frequent themes are star, kay, halloween, patrick, stewart and kaya. Recurring phrases include “patrick stewart”, “sino kaya”, “ate gay” and “pio fadul”. By format, 42% are images, 21% are text posts and 21% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: Post Removed (94), Discussion (44), Celebrity Chismis (29), Politics Tea (12), GMA 7 Celebrities and Teas (9), Foreign Chismis (8).
Activity and best time to post
r/ChikaPH gets about 38 new posts a day. The public archive holds 111,779 posts and 4,118,111 comments in total, about 36.8 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Tuesday (48 posts) and the quietest was Friday (26). Posting peaks around 09:00 UTC and is lowest around 11:00 UTC.
Rules of r/ChikaPH
The moderators of r/ChikaPH list 12 rules. In short:
- Not a chika
- Violation of Reddit’s Content Policy.
- Use the appropriate flair.
- Keep it civil.
- No low-effort or repetitive posts.
- No trolling.
- No political propaganda/indoctrination/persuasion.
- No brigading.
- No merch selling or advertising.
- Blur the name or socmed handle of your source.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/ChikaPH 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/ChikaPH have?
r/ChikaPH has 1,139,917 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #933 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 10,681 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/ChikaPH created?
r/ChikaPH was created on Oct 2, 2023, so it has been around for 3 years.
Is r/ChikaPH still active?
Yes. r/ChikaPH gets about 38 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 111,779 posts and 4,118,111 comments. In a sample of 240 recent posts we counted 190 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/ChikaPH?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Tuesday and the quietest Friday, and most posts arrive around 09:00 UTC, with the fewest around 11:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/ChikaPH?
The community describes itself as: “noun] gossip; rumors; chit-chat. Must have 200+ karma and >14-day old account to engage in this community. This subreddit primarily serves as a gossip page, where users can share and discuss various rumors, speculations…” Recent post titles often mention ang, pbb, mga, heart and kmjs. Most posts are images (42%).
Is r/ChikaPH SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/ChikaPH as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/ChikaPH?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/ChikaPH accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 12 posted rules, starting with: “Not a chika”; “Violation of Reddit’s Content Policy.”; “Use the appropriate flair.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/ChikaPH?
Communities with similar topics include r/popculturechat (6.7M), r/InstaCelebsGossip (1.2M), r/BollyBlindsNGossip (2.6M), r/spotify (3M) and r/bangalore (1.1M).
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/ChikaPH.