About r/geography
In its own words:
The study of the Earth and its features, inhabitants, and phenomena.
Community guide
r/geography (#638, about 1.7 million subscribers) is oriented around: The study of the Earth and its features, inhabitants, and phenomena. Recent activity samples show 27 posts/day in recent samples (~65% image, ~23% text, ~8% link). Public rules we collected include: No Misinformation or Pseudoscience; No Spam or Self-Promotion; Be civil and respectful; No standalone quiz/game/challenge/location ID posts. See stickied monthly thread.; No Homework, Exam, or Lab questions.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent fandoms or general off-topic dumps. Self-promotion and advertising are tightly limited—read those rules before linking your own channel, shop, or site. Low-effort memes or empty shitposts are commonly removed—add context that fits the room’s purpose. Civility and anti-harassment rules are explicit; personal attacks get you removed regardless of how right you think you are. Recent samples are image-heavy; if you post media, make the title explain why it belongs here.
How it differs from lookalikes
The length of the public rule list is itself a signal: skim all of them once before assuming defaults from similar communities.
Practical pointers
Read the current sidebar/rules on Reddit before posting; collected rules can lag. Common flairs in samples include: Map, Discussion, Question, Image.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Oct 20, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 2,060 subscribers (+0.12%). Among the 9 communities on our geography list it is the largest. It sits just behind r/Nike (#637) and ahead of r/olympics (#639) in our ranking.
What sets r/geography apart
r/geography is far more image-driven than most big subreddits: 65% of its recent posts are images, against a median of 21% across the Top 100. It is a discussion-heavy community, with about 46.4 comments per post over its lifetime versus a Top 100 median of 13.1. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 1.00% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 95% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (19:00 UTC) sees about 3.5× as many posts as the quietest (03:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/geography went up from 1,653,108 to 1,669,568 subscribers (+16.5K, +1.00%). That is about 374 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/geography talks about
We read the titles of 198 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “world”, “countries”, “map”, “country” and “city”. Other frequent themes are island, land, state, earth, small and rivers. Recurring phrases include “zigzag shapes”, “country territory”, “hdi human” and “human development”. By format, 65% are images, 23% are text posts and 8% are links.
Popular post flairs: Map (61), Discussion (54), Question (34), Image (25), Physical Geography (7), Human Geography (5).
Activity and best time to post
r/geography gets about 27 new posts a day. The public archive holds 96,596 posts and 4,479,054 comments in total, about 46.4 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Thursday (41 posts) and the quietest was Tuesday (21). Posting peaks around 19:00 UTC and is lowest around 03:00 UTC.
Rules of r/geography
The moderators of r/geography list 7 rules. In short:
- No Misinformation or Pseudoscience
- No Spam or Self-Promotion
- Be civil and respectful
- No standalone quiz/game/challenge/location ID posts. See stickied monthly thread.
- No Homework, Exam, or Lab questions
- No Low-Effort/Incoherent Posts
- No tangential/fringe/extraneous posts.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/geography 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/geography?
r/geography has 1,669,568 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #638 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 16,460 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/geography created?
r/geography was created on Oct 20, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
Is r/geography still active?
Yes. r/geography gets about 27 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 96,596 posts and 4,479,054 comments. In a sample of 198 recent posts we counted 142 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/geography?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Thursday and the quietest Tuesday, and most posts arrive around 19:00 UTC, with the fewest around 03:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/geography?
The community describes itself as: “The study of the Earth and its features, inhabitants, and phenomena.” Recent post titles often mention world, countries, map, country and city. Most posts are images (65%).
Is r/geography SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/geography as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/geography?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/geography accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and polls enabled. It has 7 posted rules, starting with: “No Misinformation or Pseudoscience”; “No Spam or Self-Promotion”; “Be civil and respectful”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/geography?
Communities with similar topics include r/Disneyland (1.5M), r/hockey (3.1M), r/astrology (2.1M), r/disney (2.4M) and r/Bundesliga (1.3M).
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/geography.