About r/futebol
In its own words:
A paixão nacional
Community guide
r/futebol (#977, about 1.1 million) is a Portuguese-language football community—the catalogue describes it as “the national passion”—centred on Brazilian league talk rather than a generic English soccer feed.
What belongs
Match and league discussion (about 83 posts/day; text, images and video). Rules, posted in Portuguese, require respect, correct flairs and good sense; they ban invading other communities, joke-editing news titles, posting comment screenshots, careless reposts and leftover match-thread chatter, and they set extra limits on meta and self-promotion posts.
Versus English-language football rooms
English-language football rooms do not require Portuguese flair discipline or Brazilian-league context. This community is for that conversation in its own language.
Practical pointers
Use the correct flair; keep live-match chatter in the match thread rather than a new post.
The community was created on Jan 24, 2012, which makes it 14 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 2,492 subscribers (+0.23%). It sits just behind r/OffMyChestPH (#975) and ahead of r/pathofexile (#978) in our ranking.
What sets r/futebol apart
Posts here spark a lot of conversation: the archive averages 38.4 comments per post, roughly 3.0× the typical big subreddit (13.0). For its size it is unusually busy: about 76.1 new posts a day per million members, more than 93% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.79% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 88% of the Top 100.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/futebol grew from 1,078,122 to 1,086,643 subscribers (+8.5K, +0.79%). That is about 194 new members per day. The chart shows 9 weekly subscriber counts.
What r/futebol talks about
Looking at the titles of 421 recent posts (Oct 30–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “que”, “brasileiro”, “campeonato”, “match” and “post-match”. Other frequent themes are série, jogos, para, league, palmeiras and vasco. Recurring phrases include “campeonato brasileiro”, “brasileiro série”, “champions league” and “jogos alternativos”. By format, 31% are text posts, 28% are images and 23% are videos.
Popular post flairs: Humor (79), Notícia (61), Discussão (57), Match Thread (49), Post-Match Thread (40), Vídeo (35).
Activity and best time to post
r/futebol gets about 83 new posts a day. The public archive holds 227,262 posts and 8,737,656 comments in total, about 38.4 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Wednesday (85 posts) and the quietest was Monday (54). Posting peaks around 23:00 UTC and is lowest around 06:00 UTC.
Rules of r/futebol
The moderators of r/futebol list 11 rules. In short:
- Respeite o próximo.
- Proibido invadir outras comunidades.
- É obrigatório usar a flair correta.
- Proibido editar título de notícias pra fazer piadinha ou dar opinião.
- Use o bom senso ao postar.
- Evite conteúdo de baixa qualidade.
- Proibido postar prints de comentários.
- Posts Meta têm regras especiais.
- Posts de Auto-Promoção têm regras especiais.
- Evite reposts.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/futebol 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/futebol have?
r/futebol has 1,086,643 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #977 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 8,521 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/futebol created?
r/futebol was created on Jan 24, 2012, so it has been around for 14 years.
Is r/futebol still active?
Yes. r/futebol gets about 83 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 227,262 posts and 8,737,656 comments. In a sample of 421 recent posts we counted 193 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/futebol?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Wednesday and the quietest Monday, and most posts arrive around 23:00 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 kind of posts are on r/futebol?
The community describes itself as: “A paixão nacional” Recent post titles often mention que, brasileiro, campeonato, match and post-match. Most posts are text posts (31%).
Is r/futebol SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/futebol as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/futebol?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/futebol accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 11 posted rules, starting with: “Respeite o próximo.”; “Proibido invadir outras comunidades.”; “É obrigatório usar a flair correta.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
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/futebol.