About r/funnyvideos
In its own words:
A community of people sharing and enjoying funny videos they have found on the internet. Has a video made you snort your coffee out of your nose from laughter recently? Then post it here for others to do the same!
Community guide
r/funnyvideos (#558, about 2.0 million) — A community of people sharing and enjoying funny videos they have found on the internet. Has a video made you snort your coffee out of your nose from laughter recently? Then post it here for others to do the same! Collected rules highlight YouTube, and Content promotion, advertising, or crediting; Video format; Video sources, among 7 listed. Activity mix in sample: video:266, image:5, link:5. Bu.
What belongs here
Posts should match the community’s curatorial bar—A community of people sharing and enjoying funny videos they have found on the internet. Has a video made you snort your coffee out of your nose from laughter recently? Then post it here for others to. Hard filters include: YouTube, and Content promotion, advertising, or crediting; Video format; Video sources; Video content. Off-scope, spam, and low-effort dumps are the usual removal reasons when those rules are listed.
How it differs
Distinctions here come from the public description and rule list rather than firsthand culture reporting. If a sibling subreddit is a tighter fit, prefer that.
Before you post
Common flairs in the sample: Other video, Animal, Skit/Sketch, TV/Movie Clip. Recent sample composition: video:266, image:5, link:5. Bu. Format-sensitive rules to read first: Video format; Post titles. Treat subscriber and posts-per-day figures as directory snapshots, not live Reddit counters.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Nov 17, 2008, which makes it 17 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 4,476 subscribers (+0.23%). It sits just behind r/daddit (#557) and ahead of r/realestateinvesting (#559) in our ranking.
What sets r/funnyvideos apart
Compared with other large communities, r/funnyvideos leans heavily on videos (96% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 4%). It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 1.17% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 97% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (16:00 UTC) sees about 4.0× as many posts as the quietest (06:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/funnyvideos went up from 1,954,863 to 1,977,802 subscribers (+22.9K, +1.17%). That is about 521 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/funnyvideos talks about
Across 276 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “halloween”, “dog”, “happy”, “man” and “funny”. Other frequent themes are thought, video, fight, respect, table and real. Recurring phrases include “diudiu banban”, “happy halloween”, “thirsty guest” and “real dog”. By format, 96% are videos, 2% are images and 2% are links.
Popular post flairs: Other video (62), Animal (42), Skit/Sketch (27), TV/Movie Clip (26), Vine/Meme (24), Prank/Challenge (22).
Activity and best time to post
r/funnyvideos gets about 42 new posts a day. The public archive holds 230,435 posts and 1,684,634 comments in total, about 7.3 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Friday (48 posts) and the quietest was Monday (34). Posting peaks around 16:00 UTC and is lowest around 06:00 UTC.
Rules of r/funnyvideos
The moderators of r/funnyvideos list 7 rules. In short:
- YouTube, and Content promotion, advertising, or crediting
- Video format
- Video sources
- Video content
- Post titles
- Karma Farming/Monetization
- Comments
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/funnyvideos 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 subscribers does r/funnyvideos have?
r/funnyvideos has 1,977,802 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #558 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 22,939 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/funnyvideos?
r/funnyvideos was created on Nov 17, 2008, so it has been around for 17 years.
How active is r/funnyvideos?
Very active: r/funnyvideos gets about 42 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 230,435 posts and 1,684,634 comments. In a sample of 276 recent posts we counted 185 different authors.
When is r/funnyvideos most active?
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 16:00 UTC, with the fewest around 06:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/funnyvideos about?
The community describes itself as: “A community of people sharing and enjoying funny videos they have found on the internet. Has a video made you snort your coffee out of your nose from laughter recently? Then post it here for others to do the same!” Recent post titles often mention halloween, dog, happy, man and funny. Most posts are videos (96%).
Is r/funnyvideos safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/funnyvideos as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/funnyvideos?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/funnyvideos accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts), with images and videos enabled. It has 7 posted rules, starting with: “YouTube, and Content promotion, advertising, or crediting”; “Video format”; “Video sources”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/funnyvideos?
Communities with similar topics include r/ContagiousLaughter (13.2M), r/funny (67.6M), r/Coffee (2.5M), r/WTF (7.1M) and r/funnysigns (3.1M).
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/funnyvideos.