About r/Teachers
In its own words:
Dedicated to open discussion about all things teaching. Please read the rules before posting. Mail sent directly to mods instead of modmail will be ignored. ██████████ ██████████ Brand new & low karma accounts: please be aware your post may not show up and will need to be screened and manually approved. ██████████ ██████████ No crossposting - Please do not link posts from r/Teachers in other subs, and do not link posts from other subs here.
Community guide
r/Teachers (#457) draws about 2.4 million members as dedicated to open discussion about all things teaching. Please read the rules before posting. Mail sent directly to mods instead of modmail will be ignored. Collected rules highlight Treat others with respect; Keep posts appropriate and relevant; and No Spam or Self-Promotion, among 6 listed. Activity mix in sample: text:641. Busy sample (~103.6 ppd across 641 posts).
How posts show up
Recent sample mix: text:641. Busy sample (~103.6 ppd across 641 posts). That mix is a snapshot, not a posting quota—rules still decide what stays.
Scope checklist
On-scope means staying true to: dedicated to open discussion about all things teaching. Please read the rules before posting. Mail sent directly to mods instead of modmail will be ignored. Off-scope, spam, and listed bans (Treat others with respect) get removed.
Practical pointers
Skim the top listed rules before asking something already covered. Key themes: Treat others with respect; Keep posts appropriate and relevant; No Spam or Self-Promotion; Students and other non-teachers must remain positive and respectful. Be civil; don’t invent unstated culture.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Dec 23, 2008, which makes it 17 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 2,477 subscribers (+0.10%). Among the 11 communities on our teaching list it is the largest. It sits just behind r/theydidthemath (#456) and ahead of r/natureismetal (#458) in our ranking.
What sets r/Teachers apart
r/Teachers is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 100% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 34% across the Top 100. For its size it is unusually busy: about 42.4 new posts a day per million members, more than 88% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.74% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 91% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (21:00 UTC) sees about 8.0× as many posts as the quietest (08:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/Teachers climbed from 2,423,171 to 2,441,169 subscribers (+18K, +0.74%). That is about 409 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/Teachers talks about
Looking at the titles of 641 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “teacher”, “school”, “student”, “teaching” and “students”. Other frequent themes are advice, classroom, kids, grade, help and class. Recurring phrases include “high school”, “mental health”, “middle school” and “feel guilty”. By format, 100% are text posts.
Popular post flairs: Teacher Support &/or Advice (283), Rant (85), New Teacher (33), Career & Interview Advice (32), Humor (30), Student Teacher Support &/or Advice (29).
Activity and best time to post
r/Teachers gets about 100 new posts a day. The public archive holds 473,396 posts and 9,534,895 comments in total, about 20.1 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Wednesday (118 posts) and the quietest was Saturday (63). Posting peaks around 21:00 UTC and is lowest around 08:00 UTC.
Rules of r/Teachers
The moderators of r/Teachers list 6 rules. In short:
- Treat others with respect
- Keep posts appropriate and relevant
- No Spam or Self-Promotion
- Students and other non-teachers must remain positive and respectful
- Misinformation
- Do not crosspost or link posts from other subs
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/Teachers 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/Teachers have?
r/Teachers has 2,441,169 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #457 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 17,998 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/Teachers?
r/Teachers was created on Dec 23, 2008, so it has been around for 17 years.
How active is r/Teachers?
Very active: r/Teachers gets about 100 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 473,396 posts and 9,534,895 comments. In a sample of 641 recent posts we counted 592 different authors.
When is r/Teachers most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Wednesday and the quietest Saturday, and most posts arrive around 21:00 UTC, with the fewest around 08:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/Teachers about?
The community describes itself as: “Dedicated to open discussion about all things teaching. Please read the rules before posting. Mail sent directly to mods instead of modmail will be ignored. ██████████ ██████████ Brand new & low karma accounts: please b…” Recent post titles often mention teacher, school, student, teaching and students. Most posts are text posts (100%).
Is r/Teachers safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/Teachers as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/Teachers?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/Teachers accepts text posts only, with galleries enabled. It has 6 posted rules, starting with: “Treat others with respect”; “Keep posts appropriate and relevant”; “No Spam or Self-Promotion”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/Teachers?
Communities with similar topics include r/instantkarma (2.4M), r/CryptoMoonShots (2.3M), r/atheism (3M), r/spotify (3M) and r/AsianBeauty (3.8M).
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/Teachers.