About r/Nbamemes
In its own words:
A place to meme about basketball
Community guide
r/Nbamemes (#663, about 1.6 million subscribers) covers A place to meme about basketball. Recent activity samples show 15 posts/day in recent samples (~70% image, ~24% video, ~5% gallery). Public rules we collected include: Don't be a dick; No racist, sexist, homophobic, or transphobic language or content of any kind.; NSFW; Reposts; Low-Effort Posts.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Self-promotion and ads are limited—read those rules before linking your own work. Low-effort memes/empty shitposts are often removed—add real context.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rule list—not merely a larger sibling community. The public rule list is long enough that skimming all entries once beats assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; collected snapshots can lag. Search before reposting common clips/questions. Common flairs in samples include: Image, Video, Discussion.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Apr 24, 2012, which makes it 14 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 714 subscribers (+0.05%). Among the 20 communities on our basketball list it is number 5 by size. Among the 20 communities on our memes list it is number 10 by size. It sits just behind r/london (#661) and ahead of r/weddingplanning (#664) in our ranking.
What sets r/Nbamemes apart
r/Nbamemes is far more image-driven than most big subreddits: 70% of its recent posts are images, against a median of 21% across the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (14:00 UTC) sees about 14.0× as many posts as the quietest (09:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/Nbamemes grew from 1,590,570 to 1,593,746 subscribers (+3.2K, +0.20%). That is about 72 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/Nbamemes talks about
Looking at the titles of 123 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “luka”, “lebron”, “team”, “nba” and “man”. Other frequent themes are bronny, season, goat, game, lakers and jordan. Recurring phrases include “yungle baby”, “shots arent”, “arent falling” and “blood sugar”. By format, 70% are images, 24% are videos and 5% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: Image (79), Video (29), Discussion (15).
Activity and best time to post
r/Nbamemes gets about 15 new posts a day. The public archive holds 47,449 posts and 807,839 comments in total, about 17.0 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Saturday (33 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (12). Posting peaks around 14:00 UTC and is lowest around 09:00 UTC.
Rules of r/Nbamemes
The moderators of r/Nbamemes list 7 rules. In short:
- Don't be a dick
- No racist, sexist, homophobic, or transphobic language or content of any kind.
- NSFW
- Reposts
- Low-Effort Posts
- Discussion Posts
- Self-Promotion
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/Nbamemes 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/Nbamemes?
r/Nbamemes has 1,593,746 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #663 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 3,176 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/Nbamemes?
r/Nbamemes was created on Apr 24, 2012, so it has been around for 14 years.
How active is r/Nbamemes?
Moderately: r/Nbamemes gets about 15 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 47,449 posts and 807,839 comments. In a sample of 123 recent posts we counted 87 different authors.
When is r/Nbamemes 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 14:00 UTC, with the fewest around 09:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/Nbamemes about?
The community describes itself as: “A place to meme about basketball” Recent post titles often mention luka, lebron, team, nba and man. Most posts are images (70%).
Is r/Nbamemes safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/Nbamemes 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/Nbamemes?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/Nbamemes accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 7 posted rules, starting with: “Don't be a dick”; “No racist, sexist, homophobic, or transphobic language or content of any kind.”; “NSFW”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/Nbamemes?
Communities with similar topics include r/nba (17.3M), r/Basketball (1.7M), r/BikiniBottomTwitter (4.8M), r/meme (3M) and r/marvelmemes (4.3M).
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/Nbamemes.