About r/Sims4
In its own words:
The unofficial subreddit for all things Sims 4!
Community guide
r/Sims4 (#564, about 2.0 million) — The unofficial subreddit for all things Sims 4! Collected rules highlight Follow the Reddit Content Policy; No Illegal Activity; Be Civil, among 12 listed. Activity mix in sample: gallery:188, text:133, image:107, video:12. Bu.
What belongs here
Posts should match the community’s curatorial bar—The unofficial subreddit for all things Sims 4!. Hard filters include: Follow the Reddit Content Policy; No Illegal Activity; Be Civil; Post Relevancy. Off-scope, spam, and low-effort dumps are the usual removal reasons when those rules are listed.
How it differs
Distinctions here come from the public description and rule list rather than firsthand culture reporting. If a sibling subreddit is a tighter fit, prefer that.
Before you post
Common flairs in the sample: Discussion, Show and Tell, Sharing my build, Funny. Recent sample composition: gallery:188, text:133, image:107, video:12. Bu. Format-sensitive rules to read first: Limit Reposts. Treat subscriber and posts-per-day figures as directory snapshots, not live Reddit counters.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on May 5, 2013, which makes it 13 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,534 subscribers (+0.08%). It sits just behind r/softwaregore (#563) and ahead of r/hearthstone (#565) in our ranking.
What sets r/Sims4 apart
For its size it is unusually busy: about 31.5 new posts a day per million members, more than 83% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (16:00 UTC) sees about 7.8× as many posts as the quietest (06:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/Sims4 climbed from 1,952,288 to 1,960,700 subscribers (+8.4K, +0.43%). That is about 191 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/Sims4 talks about
We read the titles of 441 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “sims”, “sim”, “build”, “family” and “house”. Other frequent themes are help, halloween, game, save, cas and pack. Recurring phrases include “non-binary sim”, “sim character”, “save file” and “random toddler”. By format, 43% are galleries, 30% are text posts and 24% are images.
Popular post flairs: Discussion (122), Show and Tell (80), Sharing my build (47), Funny (34), Feedback Needed! (32), Storytime (23).
Activity and best time to post
r/Sims4 gets about 62 new posts a day. The public archive holds 626,248 posts and 5,165,467 comments in total, about 8.2 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (79 posts) and the quietest was Thursday (48). Posting peaks around 16:00 UTC and is lowest around 06:00 UTC.
Rules of r/Sims4
The moderators of r/Sims4 list 12 rules. In short:
- Follow the Reddit Content Policy
- No Illegal Activity
- Be Civil
- Post Relevancy
- No Begging and No Monetizable-Promotion
- No "Which Pack" Posts
- Mark your NSFW Posts. No NSFW media in the comments.
- Limit Reposts
- No low-effort posts
- No "Which Mod/CC" Posts Outside of Pinned Thread
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/Sims4 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/Sims4 have?
r/Sims4 has 1,960,700 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #564 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 8,412 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/Sims4?
r/Sims4 was created on May 5, 2013, so it has been around for 13 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from May 30, 2014.
How active is r/Sims4?
Very active: r/Sims4 gets about 62 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 626,248 posts and 5,165,467 comments. In a sample of 441 recent posts we counted 316 different authors.
When is r/Sims4 most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday and the quietest Thursday, and most posts arrive around 16:00 UTC, with the fewest around 06:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/Sims4 about?
The community describes itself as: “The unofficial subreddit for all things Sims 4!” Recent post titles often mention sims, sim, build, family and house. Most posts are galleries (43%).
Is r/Sims4 safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/Sims4 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/Sims4?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/Sims4 accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 12 posted rules, starting with: “Follow the Reddit Content Policy”; “No Illegal Activity”; “Be Civil”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/Sims4?
Communities with similar topics include r/apple (6.5M), r/roblox (2.7M), r/Twitch (2.9M), r/netflix (2M) and r/Genshin_Impact (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/Sims4.