About r/golf
Community guide
r/golf is #601 in our SFW Top 1000 (about 1.8 million subscribers). Recent activity samples show 82 posts/day in recent samples (~48% text, ~25% image, ~15% gallery). Public rules we collected include: No Solicitation; No spamming; No Buying/Selling/Trading; Be polite; No Political Posts. Directory metadata files it under “Sports”.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Self-promotion and ads are limited—read those rules before linking your own work.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rule list—not merely a larger sibling community. The public rule list is long enough that skimming all entries once beats assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; collected snapshots can lag. Common flairs in samples include: General Discussion, Equipment, Joke / Meme, Beginner Questions.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Mar 8, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,457 subscribers (+0.08%). Among the 7 communities on our golf list it is the largest. It sits just behind r/whatsthisplant (#600) and ahead of r/indiasocial (#602) in our ranking.
What sets r/golf apart
For its size it is unusually busy: about 45.2 new posts a day per million members, more than 85% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (17:00 UTC) sees about 15.7× as many posts as the quietest (04:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/golf grew from 1,803,599 to 1,814,510 subscribers (+10.9K, +0.60%). That is about 248 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/golf talks about
We read the titles of 553 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “club”, “course”, “play”, “swing” and “help”. Other frequent themes are round, ball, bag, courses, putter and finally. Recurring phrases include “finally broke”, “night range”, “range session” and “mexico open”. By format, 48% are text posts, 25% are images and 15% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: General Discussion (316), Equipment (85), Joke / Meme (34), Beginner Questions (33), Serious (20), Professional Tours (18).
Activity and best time to post
r/golf gets about 82 new posts a day. The public archive holds 809,303 posts and 16,772,930 comments in total, about 20.7 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Saturday (85 posts) and the quietest was Thursday (72). Posting peaks around 17:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.
Rules of r/golf
The moderators of r/golf list 8 rules. In short:
- No Solicitation
- No spamming
- No Buying/Selling/Trading
- Be polite
- No Political Posts
- NO NSFW Content
- No Rolling Shutter Effect Posts or Bad Photoshop Golf Net/Mat Ads
- No AI generated posts
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/golf 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/golf have?
r/golf has 1,814,510 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #601 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 10,911 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/golf?
r/golf was created on Mar 8, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
How active is r/golf?
Very active: r/golf gets about 82 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 809,303 posts and 16,772,930 comments. In a sample of 553 recent posts we counted 480 different authors.
When is r/golf most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Saturday and the quietest Thursday, and most posts arrive around 17:00 UTC, with the fewest around 04:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/golf about?
The community describes itself as: “Golf ” Recent post titles often mention club, course, play, swing and help. Most posts are text posts (48%).
Is r/golf safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/golf as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/golf?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/golf accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “No Solicitation”; “No spamming”; “No Buying/Selling/Trading”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/golf?
Communities with similar topics include r/pcgaming (4M), r/StardewValley (3.3M), r/roblox (2.7M), r/pcmasterrace (16.4M) and r/Eldenring (4.9M).
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/golf.