About r/UFOs
In its own words:
A community for discussion related to Unidentified Flying Objects. Share your sightings, experiences, news, and investigations. We aim to elevate good research while maintaining healthy skepticism.
Community guide
r/UFOs (#221, about 4.2 million) discusses unidentified flying objects—sightings, experiences, news, and investigations—with an aim of elevating good research while keeping healthy skepticism. Rules demand civility, on-topic substantive discussion, accurate titles, submission statements on link posts, no memes/duplicates/commercial activity, posting limits (≤2/24h), stricter [in-depth] standards, and bar proselytization plus some political/public-figure drama. Text/Video (~41 ppd).
Submission statement + title accuracy
Link posts need a submission statement. Titles must accurately represent the content; memes are banned.
Research tone
Be substantive and on-topic. [in-depth] posts face stricter length/quality rules; common questions should link prior threads; meta goes to r/ufosmeta.
Practical pointers
Max two posts per 24 hours; no commercial activity; no proselytization.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Mar 11, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,698 subscribers (+0.04%). It sits just behind r/Animemes (#220) and ahead of r/changemyview (#222) in our ranking.
What sets r/UFOs apart
Posts here spark a lot of conversation: the archive averages 28.9 comments per post, roughly 2.1× the typical big subreddit (14.0). Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (18:00 UTC) sees about 7.0× as many posts as the quietest (10:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/UFOs went up from 4,226,863 to 4,238,785 subscribers (+11.9K, +0.28%). That is about 271 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/UFOs talks about
Looking at the titles of 277 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “ufo”, “uap”, “disclosure”, “lights” and “sky”. Other frequent themes are oct, object, space, saw, strange and videos. Recurring phrases include “former rear”, “rear admiral”, “noaa administrator” and “administrator tim”. By format, 41% are text posts, 31% are videos and 10% are images.
Popular post flairs: Sighting (81), Disclosure (66), Historical (36), Question (35), Government (19), NHI (10).
Activity and best time to post
r/UFOs gets about 41 new posts a day. The public archive holds 333,652 posts and 9,641,178 comments in total, about 28.9 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Saturday (51 posts) and the quietest was Monday (34). Posting peaks around 18:00 UTC and is lowest around 10:00 UTC.
Rules of r/UFOs
The moderators of r/UFOs list 15 rules. In short:
- Follow the Standards of Civility.
- Discussion must be on-topic.
- Be substantive.
- No duplicate posts.
- No commercial activity.
- Titles must accurately represent the content of the submission.
- Do not post more than two times within any 24-hour period.
- No memes.
- Link posts must include a submission statement (comment on your own post).
- Submissions with [in-depth] in the title have stricter post length and quality guidelines.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/UFOs 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 members does r/UFOs have?
r/UFOs has 4,238,785 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #221 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 11,922 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/UFOs?
r/UFOs was created on Mar 11, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
How active is r/UFOs?
Very active: r/UFOs gets about 41 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 333,652 posts and 9,641,178 comments. In a sample of 277 recent posts we counted 188 different authors.
When is r/UFOs most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Saturday and the quietest Monday, and most posts arrive around 18:00 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/UFOs about?
The community describes itself as: “A community for discussion related to Unidentified Flying Objects. Share your sightings, experiences, news, and investigations. We aim to elevate good research while maintaining healthy skepticism.” Recent post titles often mention ufo, uap, disclosure, lights and sky. Most posts are text posts (41%).
Is r/UFOs safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/UFOs as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/UFOs?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/UFOs accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 15 posted rules, starting with: “Follow the Standards of Civility.”; “Discussion must be on-topic.”; “Be substantive.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/UFOs?
Communities with similar topics include r/whatisthisthing (3.2M), r/EatCheapAndHealthy (11.5M), r/science (34.6M), r/HealthyFood (3.5M) and r/Economics (5.8M).
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/UFOs.