About r/DotA2
In its own words:
/r/DotA2 is the most popular English-speaking community to discuss gameplay, esports, and news related to Valve's award winning free-to-play MOBA DotA 2.
Community guide
r/DotA2 (#606, about 1.8 million subscribers) is oriented around: /r/DotA2 is the most popular English-speaking community to discuss gameplay, esports, and news related to Valve's award winning free-to-play MOBA DotA 2. Recent activity samples show 191 posts/day in recent samples (~60% text, ~23% image, ~8% video). Public rules we collected include: Fake Patch Submission; Shitpost; Unrelated Content; Aggressive or Offensive Material; Spoilers. Directory metadata files it under “Games”.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent fandoms or general off-topic dumps. Spoiler-tagged posts and titles are expected when new episodes, endings, or fight results are discussed. Low-effort memes or empty shitposts are commonly removed—add context that fits the room’s purpose.
How it differs from lookalikes
The length of the public rule list is itself a signal: skim all of them once before assuming defaults from similar communities.
Practical pointers
Read the current sidebar/rules on Reddit before posting; collected rules can lag. Err on spoiler tags for fresh releases and results. Search the sub before reposting common clips or questions. Common flairs in samples include: Discussion, Complaint, Fluff, Question. Volume is high—clear titles help your post survive the firehose.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Oct 13, 2010, which makes it 16 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 968 subscribers (+0.05%). It sits just behind r/CatastrophicFailure (#605) and ahead of r/KimetsuNoYaiba (#607) in our ranking.
What sets r/DotA2 apart
For its size it is unusually busy: about 106.3 new posts a day per million members, more than 96% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (16:00 UTC) sees about 3.8× as many posts as the quietest (04:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/DotA2 climbed from 1,787,137 to 1,794,201 subscribers (+7.1K, +0.40%). That is about 161 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/DotA2 talks about
Across 696 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “dota”, “game”, “patch”, “valve” and “system”. Other frequent themes are player, behavior, play, team, score and pari. Recurring phrases include “behavior score”, “pari universe”, “score system” and “shitty behavior”. By format, 60% are text posts, 23% are images and 8% are videos.
Popular post flairs: Discussion (155), Complaint (89), Fluff (86), Question (62), Bug (40), Suggestion (28).
Activity and best time to post
r/DotA2 gets about 190 new posts a day. The public archive holds 2,211,132 posts and 38,508,039 comments in total, about 17.4 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Saturday (197 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (156). Posting peaks around 16:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.
Rules of r/DotA2
The moderators of r/DotA2 list 10 rules. In short:
- Fake Patch Submission
- Shitpost
- Unrelated Content
- Aggressive or Offensive Material
- Spoilers
- Witch-hunting
- Repost / Duplicate
- Missing attribution / stolen content
- AI generated content
- Overrepresented Shoutout Threads
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/DotA2 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 subscribers does r/DotA2 have?
r/DotA2 has 1,794,201 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #606 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 7,064 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/DotA2?
r/DotA2 was created on Oct 13, 2010, so it has been around for 16 years.
How active is r/DotA2?
Very active: r/DotA2 gets about 190 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 2,211,132 posts and 38,508,039 comments. In a sample of 696 recent posts we counted 535 different authors.
When is r/DotA2 most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Saturday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 16:00 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/DotA2 about?
The community describes itself as: “/r/DotA2 is the most popular English-speaking community to discuss gameplay, esports, and news related to Valve's award winning free-to-play MOBA DotA 2.” Recent post titles often mention dota, game, patch, valve and system. Most posts are text posts (60%).
Is r/DotA2 safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/DotA2 as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/DotA2?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/DotA2 accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 10 posted rules, starting with: “Fake Patch Submission”; “Shitpost”; “Unrelated Content”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/DotA2?
Communities with similar topics include r/ffxiv (1.4M), r/VALORANT (2.7M), r/Turkey (1.7M), r/WinStupidPrizes (2.5M) and r/PremierLeague (5.1M).
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/DotA2.