About r/birdswitharms
In its own words:
It's birds... with arms.
Community guide
r/birdswitharms (#946, about 1.2 million) is exactly as weird as it sounds: birds… with arms. Not people with bird heads, and not request threads.
What belongs
Images of birds that have arms (very light samples). Rules: must contain birds with arms; no recent reposts; no people-with-bird-heads; no requests.
Versus photoshop battle humour
Broader photoshop humour allows any mashup. Here the gag is constrained: avian body + arms.
Practical pointers
Don’t post the inverted people-with-bird-heads meme; skip request posts.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jun 21, 2011, which makes it 15 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 37 subscribers (+0.00%). It sits just behind r/metalworking (#945) and ahead of r/Cheese (#947) in our ranking.
What sets r/birdswitharms apart
r/birdswitharms is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 4.1 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 13.1. Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 0.2 new posts a day per million members, which puts it in the quietest fifth of the Top 100. A good post has less competition here.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/birdswitharms climbed from 1,124,710 to 1,124,939 subscribers (+229, +0.02%). That is about 5 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
r/birdswitharms gets about 0.2 new posts a day. The public archive holds 24,674 posts and 100,714 comments in total, about 4.1 comments per post.
Rules of r/birdswitharms
The moderators of r/birdswitharms list 4 rules. In short:
- Posts must contain birds with arms
- Recent repost
- Peoplewithbirdheads
- Requests
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/birdswitharms 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 big is r/birdswitharms?
r/birdswitharms has 1,124,939 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #946 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 229 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/birdswitharms created?
r/birdswitharms was created on Jun 21, 2011, so it has been around for 15 years.
Is r/birdswitharms still active?
Moderately: r/birdswitharms gets about 0.2 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 24,674 posts and 100,714 comments.
What kind of posts are on r/birdswitharms?
The community describes itself as: “It's birds... with arms.”
Is r/birdswitharms SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/birdswitharms as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/birdswitharms?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/birdswitharms accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 4 posted rules, starting with: “Posts must contain birds with arms”; “Recent repost”; “Peoplewithbirdheads”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/birdswitharms?
Communities with similar topics include r/UnusualVideos (1.1M), r/malegrooming (1.1M), r/Animesuggest (1.1M), r/technews (1.1M) and r/mumbai (1.1M).
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/birdswitharms.