About r/Coronavirus
In its own words:
In December 2019, a novel coronavirus strain (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in the city of Wuhan, China. This subreddit seeks to monitor the spread of the disease COVID-19, declared a pandemic by the WHO. This subreddit is for high-quality posts and discussion. Please be civil and empathetic.
Community guide
r/Coronavirus (#420, about 2.6 million) monitors COVID-19 / SARS-CoV-2 discussion with a civil, high-quality bar—originally framed around the Wuhan emergence and WHO pandemic declaration. Rules ban edited titles, politics, clickbait, spam/self-promo, data trackers, misinformation, bots, and off-topic posts while requiring civility and high information quality. Current collected activity is very low (~0.5 ppd; sample_n=2).
On-topic, high-quality info
Keep submissions on COVID-19 monitoring and discussion; avoid politics, clickbait, and recycled information.
Integrity rules
No edited titles, no misinformation, no bots, no data-tracker posts, and no spam/self-promotion; stay civil and empathetic.
Quiet now
The snapshot shows almost no weekly volume—confirm live threads (e.g. Discussion Thread / regional flairs) before posting.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on May 3, 2013, which makes it 13 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 40 subscribers (+0.00%). It sits just behind r/youseeingthisshit (#419) and ahead of r/nhl (#421) in our ranking.
What sets r/Coronavirus apart
Posts here spark a lot of conversation: the archive averages 28.4 comments per post, roughly 2.1× the typical big subreddit (13.6). Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 0.2 new posts a day per million members, which puts it in the quietest fifth of the Top 100. A good post has less competition here. Growth has more or less levelled off (0.01% since Sep 19, 2026), which is common for very mature communities.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/Coronavirus grew from 2,645,291 to 2,645,522 subscribers (+231, +0.01%). That is about 5 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Activity and best time to post
r/Coronavirus gets about 0.5 new posts a day. The public archive holds 446,750 posts and 12,682,040 comments in total, about 28.4 comments per post.
Rules of r/Coronavirus
The moderators of r/Coronavirus list 11 rules. In short:
- Be civil
- No Edited Titles
- Avoid reposting information
- Avoid politics
- Keep information quality high
- No clickbait
- No spam or self-promotion
- Keep Submissions On Topic
- No data trackers
- No misinformation
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/Coronavirus 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/Coronavirus have?
r/Coronavirus has 2,645,522 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #420 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 231 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/Coronavirus?
r/Coronavirus was created on May 3, 2013, so it has been around for 13 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Mar 7, 2016.
How active is r/Coronavirus?
Moderately: r/Coronavirus gets about 0.5 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 446,750 posts and 12,682,040 comments.
What is r/Coronavirus about?
The community describes itself as: “In December 2019, a novel coronavirus strain (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in the city of Wuhan, China. This subreddit seeks to monitor the spread of the disease COVID-19, declared a pandemic by the WHO. This subreddit is for hi…”
Is r/Coronavirus safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/Coronavirus as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/Coronavirus?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/Coronavirus accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts). It has 11 posted rules, starting with: “Be civil”; “No Edited Titles”; “Avoid reposting information”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/Coronavirus?
Communities with similar topics include r/HighQualityGifs (3.9M), r/comicbooks (4.1M), r/Helldivers (2.3M), r/TheLastAirbender (2.3M) and r/comics (3.9M).
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/Coronavirus.