About r/bangalore
In its own words:
Welcome to r/bangalore. The one and only official Reddit page of Namma Bengaluru.
Community guide
r/bangalore (#953, about 1.2 million) is the official Namma Bengaluru city sub—high daily volume—with tight bans on real-estate, career-suggestion, education and classified spam.
What belongs
Bengaluru life and news (about 114 posts/day). Rules: city relevance; no abuse/regionalism; no separate meme/gif image posts; Serious Replies etiquette; no meta drama; no promos/classifieds; no drugs/relationship posts; no low effort; no education/real-estate/career-suggestion posts; no editorialized news; no social/chat app link-outs; language/citation standards.
Versus mumbai and other city subs
Same city-sub genre, different local rule stacks. Bangalore is notably aggressive about real-estate and career megathread-style bans.
Practical pointers
Don’t post flat-hunting or “which college” threads; keep news titles clean.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Apr 27, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,301 subscribers (+0.12%). It sits just behind r/howtonotgiveafuck (#952) and ahead of r/mumbai (#954) in our ranking.
What sets r/bangalore apart
r/bangalore is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 72% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 34% across the Top 100. For its size it is unusually busy: about 101.9 new posts a day per million members, more than 96% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.77% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 88% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (08:00 UTC) sees about 8.1× as many posts as the quietest (22:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/bangalore grew from 1,104,997 to 1,113,557 subscribers (+8.6K, +0.77%). That is about 195 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/bangalore talks about
We read the titles of 690 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “bengaluru”, “looking”, “help”, “good” and “blr”. Other frequent themes are road, diwali, adoption, buy, near and actually. Recurring phrases include “chain snatching”, “cancer stage”, “act fibernet” and “missing cat”. By format, 72% are text posts, 20% are images and 4% are videos.
Popular post flairs: AskBangalore (344), Serious Replies (101), Suggestions (66), News (48), Rant (44), Citizen's Report (24).
Activity and best time to post
r/bangalore gets about 110 new posts a day. The public archive holds 352,142 posts and 2,965,729 comments in total, about 8.4 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Friday (133 posts) and the quietest was Monday (92). Posting peaks around 08:00 UTC and is lowest around 22:00 UTC.
Rules of r/bangalore
The moderators of r/bangalore list 15 rules. In short:
- Not relevant to Bangalore
- Don't be a Jerk - No abusing, regionalism, racism, harassment or offensive content.
- No separate posts for Images, memes, gifs & videos.
- No off-topic comments on posts tagged with 'Serious Replies'
- No Meta Drama
- Promotional & classified posts are not allowed
- No Drugs Scoring/Mongering/Relationships Posts
- No low effort posts
- No Education/College/School related posts
- No Real Estate related posts
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/bangalore 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/bangalore have?
r/bangalore has 1,113,557 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #953 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 8,560 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/bangalore created?
r/bangalore was created on Apr 27, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Feb 16, 2009.
Is r/bangalore still active?
Yes. r/bangalore gets about 110 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 352,142 posts and 2,965,729 comments. In a sample of 690 recent posts we counted 606 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/bangalore?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Friday and the quietest Monday, and most posts arrive around 08:00 UTC, with the fewest around 22:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/bangalore?
The community describes itself as: “Welcome to r/bangalore. The one and only official Reddit page of Namma Bengaluru.” Recent post titles often mention bengaluru, looking, help, good and blr. Most posts are text posts (72%).
Is r/bangalore SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/bangalore as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/bangalore?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/bangalore accepts both text and link posts. It has 15 posted rules, starting with: “Not relevant to Bangalore”; “Don't be a Jerk - No abusing, regionalism, racism, harassment or offensive content.”; “No separate posts for Images, memes, gifs & videos.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/bangalore?
Communities with similar topics include r/tattoos (10.4M), r/soccer (8.8M), r/EASportsFC (1.4M), r/StockMarket (4.1M) and r/TwoHotTakes (1.4M).
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/bangalore.