About r/ethereum
In its own words:
Next-generation platform for decentralised applications. Dive in at ethereum.org
Community guide
r/ethereum (#268, about 3.7 million) discusses Ethereum as a platform for decentralised apps (ethereum.org). Rules ban personal attacks/slurs, require constructive talk, constrain price discussion, duplicates, spam/drive-bys, misleading titles, non-English posts, product promo (e.g. NFTs/goods), and referral links. Text/Link (~4.2 ppd).
Protocol and apps, not shill threads
Stay constructive on Ethereum; product promo and referral links are out.
Title and language bar
No misleading titles; English required per collected rules; avoid duplicate dumps.
Practical pointers
Price talk is specially constrained—check live guidance before posting charts.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Dec 14, 2013, which makes it 12 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 281 subscribers (+0.01%). It sits just behind r/teenagers (#267) and ahead of r/PeterExplainsTheJoke (#269) in our ranking.
What sets r/ethereum apart
Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 1.1 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/ethereum climbed from 3,730,859 to 3,732,676 subscribers (+1.8K, +0.05%). That is about 41 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/ethereum talks about
We read the titles of 28 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “daily”, “general”, “discussion”, “november” and “eth”. Other frequent themes are devcon, october, binance, actually, real and eip-7702. Recurring phrases include “daily general”, “general discussion”, “discussion november” and “discussion october”. By format, 46% are text posts, 25% are links and 21% are videos.
Activity and best time to post
r/ethereum gets about 4.2 new posts a day. The public archive holds 281,191 posts and 2,006,953 comments in total, about 7.1 comments per post.
Rules of r/ethereum
The moderators of r/ethereum list 9 rules. In short:
- No personal attacks, threats of violence, slurs, etc.
- Be constructive
- Price discussion
- Duplicate
- Spamming or driveby posting
- Misleading title
- Non-english
- No product promotion (eg. NFTs, physical goods)
- No Referral Links
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/ethereum 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/ethereum have?
r/ethereum has 3,732,676 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #268 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 1,817 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/ethereum created?
r/ethereum was created on Dec 14, 2013, so it has been around for 12 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Jan 4, 2014.
Is r/ethereum still active?
Yes. r/ethereum gets about 4.2 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 281,191 posts and 2,006,953 comments.
What kind of posts are on r/ethereum?
The community describes itself as: “Next-generation platform for decentralised applications. Dive in at ethereum.org” Recent post titles often mention daily, general, discussion, november and eth. Most posts are text posts (46%).
Is r/ethereum SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/ethereum as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/ethereum?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/ethereum accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 9 posted rules, starting with: “No personal attacks, threats of violence, slurs, etc.”; “Be constructive”; “Price discussion”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/ethereum?
Communities with similar topics include r/Naruto (3.5M), r/nextfuckinglevel (10.5M), r/theydidthemath (2.5M), r/compsci (4M) and r/suggestmeabook (3.4M).
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/ethereum.