About r/beta
In its own words:
An official community of beta testers for reddit.com
Community guide
r/beta (#739, about 1.4 million subscribers) is oriented around: An official community of beta testers for reddit.com Recent activity samples show 0.0 posts/day in recent samples. Public rules we collected include: Post feedback for Reddit's beta/new features; Disable extensions before reporting; Check for duplicates; Be nice to each other.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Match posts to: Post feedback for Reddit's beta/new features; Disable extensions before reporting; Check for duplicates; Be nice to each other.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; collected snapshots can lag. Search before reposting common clips or questions.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on May 7, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 904 subscribers (+0.06%). It sits just behind r/FuckYouKaren (#738) and ahead of r/electronics (#740) in our ranking.
What sets r/beta apart
People mostly look and upvote here rather than comment — about 6.3 comments per post, against 13.1 for a typical large subreddit.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/beta climbed from 1,429,418 to 1,434,159 subscribers (+4.7K, +0.33%). That is about 108 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Activity and best time to post
The public archive holds 38,495 posts and 244,238 comments in total, about 6.3 comments per post.
Rules of r/beta
The moderators of r/beta list 4 rules. In short:
- Post feedback for Reddit's beta/new features
- Disable extensions before reporting
- Check for duplicates
- Be nice to each other
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/beta 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/beta have?
r/beta has 1,434,159 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #739 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 4,741 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/beta created?
r/beta was created on May 7, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Feb 26, 2015.
Is r/beta still active?
Over its lifetime the archive counts 38,495 posts and 244,238 comments.
What kind of posts are on r/beta?
The community describes itself as: “An official community of beta testers for reddit.com”
Is r/beta SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/beta as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/beta?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/beta accepts text posts only, with galleries enabled. It has 4 posted rules, starting with: “Post feedback for Reddit's beta/new features”; “Disable extensions before reporting”; “Check for duplicates”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/beta?
Communities with similar topics include r/greentext (1.4M), r/bollywood (1.4M), r/curlyhair (1.4M), r/GPT3 (1.4M) and r/PraiseTheCameraMan (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/beta.