About r/MakeNewFriendsHere
In its own words:
This subreddit is for those who are looking to make some new friends on Reddit.
Community guide
r/MakeNewFriendsHere (#891, about 1.2 million) is a high-volume friend-finding room—explicitly friends only, not dating—with strict privacy and NSFW-history rules.
What belongs
People looking to make new friends on Reddit (about 627 posts/day in recent samples). Collected rules ban dating posts/comments; ban users with NSFW history and pornography; ban public personal information; push conversations toward public threads; keep meta in one permanent thread.
Versus dating and chat rooms
Dating subs want romance. This room’s first rule is friends only. If your post reads as a dating ad, it belongs elsewhere—or nowhere here.
Practical pointers
Do not post phone numbers/addresses publicly. Keep it SFW. Prefer starting chat in the public thread as recommended by the rules.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Oct 30, 2012, which makes it 14 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 4,026 subscribers (+0.34%). It sits just behind r/MostBeautiful (#890) and ahead of r/oldpeoplefacebook (#892) in our ranking.
What sets r/MakeNewFriendsHere apart
Compared with other large communities, r/MakeNewFriendsHere leans heavily on text posts (100% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 34%). People mostly look and upvote here rather than comment — about 2.5 comments per post, against 13.0 for a typical large subreddit. For its size it is unusually busy: about 526.4 new posts a day per million members, more than 100% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 2.67% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 99% of the Top 100.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/MakeNewFriendsHere went up from 1,159,928 to 1,190,864 subscribers (+30.9K, +2.67%). That is about 703 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/MakeNewFriendsHere talks about
We read the titles of 700 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “looking”, “friends”, “chat”, “friend” and “talk”. Other frequent themes are long, term, bored, conversation, online and genuine. Recurring phrases include “long term”, “term friends”, “online friends” and “usa looking”. By format, 100% are text posts.
Popular post flairs: Age 30-39 (190), Age 22-25 (149), Age 26-29 (109), Age 18-21 (106), Long-term (37), Age 40-49 (33).
Activity and best time to post
r/MakeNewFriendsHere gets about 630 new posts a day. The public archive holds 2,718,891 posts and 6,666,815 comments in total, about 2.5 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Monday (673 posts) and the quietest was Tuesday (584). Posting peaks around 21:00 UTC and is lowest around 10:00 UTC.
Rules of r/MakeNewFriendsHere
The moderators of r/MakeNewFriendsHere list 15 rules. In short:
- No dating posts or comments. Friends only!
- No users with NSFW comment or post history; No pornography or nudity of any kind.
- Do not post personal information publicly.
- One permanent Meta thread for sub issues & chat sites.
- We recommend conversations begin in the public thread
- Post bodies must be a minimum of 100 characters long
- Only post once every 8 hours at most.
- Try to be original - Change up your posts now and then
- No asking for money or other assistance.
- No harassing users. No means no!
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/MakeNewFriendsHere 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/MakeNewFriendsHere?
r/MakeNewFriendsHere has 1,190,864 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #891 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 30,936 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/MakeNewFriendsHere?
r/MakeNewFriendsHere was created on Oct 30, 2012, so it has been around for 14 years.
How active is r/MakeNewFriendsHere?
Very active: r/MakeNewFriendsHere gets about 630 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 2,718,891 posts and 6,666,815 comments. In a sample of 700 recent posts we counted 479 different authors.
When is r/MakeNewFriendsHere most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Monday and the quietest Tuesday, and most posts arrive around 21:00 UTC, with the fewest around 10:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/MakeNewFriendsHere about?
The community describes itself as: “This subreddit is for those who are looking to make some new friends on Reddit.” Recent post titles often mention looking, friends, chat, friend and talk. Most posts are text posts (100%).
Is r/MakeNewFriendsHere safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/MakeNewFriendsHere as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/MakeNewFriendsHere?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/MakeNewFriendsHere accepts text posts only, with polls enabled. It has 15 posted rules, starting with: “No dating posts or comments. Friends only!”; “No users with NSFW comment or post history; No pornography or nudity of any kind.”; “Do not post personal information publicly.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/MakeNewFriendsHere?
Communities with similar topics include r/CasualConversation (3M), r/PokemonGoFriends (1.3M), r/FunnyAnimals (8.7M), r/ExplainTheJoke (1.9M) and r/pennystocks (2.3M).
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/MakeNewFriendsHere.