About r/india
In its own words:
The Official Subreddit for India
Community guide
r/india (#289, about 3.5 million) is the official India subreddit. Rules require India/Indians specificity and English submissions; ban abuse/hate, witch-hunts/PII/meta, bad titles/flair, old/reposts, TIL/image/meme dumps, unreputed sources, porn/gore/self-promo, generative AI, AskIndia/mental-health misfits, spam, and disinformation. Text/Link (~211.3 ppd).
India-specific, English posts
Must be about India/Indians; English submission rule applies; memes/TIL/image dumps are restricted.
Sources and no gen-AI
Use reputed sources; generative AI content disallowed; correct flair/titles.
Practical pointers
Text/link/video mix; Politics/People/Crime flairs in samples.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jan 25, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,840 subscribers (+0.05%). It sits just behind r/Watches (#288) and ahead of r/offmychest (#290) in our ranking.
What sets r/india apart
For its size it is unusually busy: about 60.4 new posts a day per million members, more than 96% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (13:00 UTC) sees about 6.0× as many posts as the quietest (23:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/india climbed from 3,487,612 to 3,501,159 subscribers (+13.5K, +0.39%). That is about 308 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/india talks about
We read the titles of 694 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “indian”, “help”, “modi”, “delhi” and “rahul”. Other frequent themes are life, looking, court, gandhi, bloc and app. Recurring phrases include “rahul gandhi”, “gyanesh kumar”, “supreme court” and “cec gyanesh”. By format, 55% are text posts, 29% are links and 16% are videos.
Popular post flairs: Politics (134), People (104), Crime (51), Science/Technology (46), Education (38), Non Political (38).
Activity and best time to post
r/india gets about 210 new posts a day. The public archive holds 2,001,381 posts and 18,071,760 comments in total, about 9.0 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Friday (184 posts) and the quietest was Sunday (149). Posting peaks around 13:00 UTC and is lowest around 23:00 UTC.
Rules of r/india
The moderators of r/india list 14 rules. In short:
- All posts must be specific to India/Indians
- Submission should only be in English
- Personal attacks | Abuse | Hate speech
- Witch-hunting | Personal Information | Meta
- Original/Relevant Title | Incorrect flair
- Old content | Reposts
- TIL | Image Posts | Memes
- Posts should have reputed source
- Porn/Gore/NSFW | Self Promotion
- Generative AI Content is not allowed
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/india 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/india have?
r/india has 3,501,159 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #289 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 13,547 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/india created?
r/india was created on Jan 25, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
Is r/india still active?
Yes. r/india gets about 210 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 2,001,381 posts and 18,071,760 comments. In a sample of 694 recent posts we counted 522 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/india?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Friday and the quietest Sunday, and most posts arrive around 13:00 UTC, with the fewest around 23:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/india?
The community describes itself as: “The Official Subreddit for India” Recent post titles often mention indian, help, modi, delhi and rahul. Most posts are text posts (55%).
Is r/india SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/india as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/india?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/india accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 14 posted rules, starting with: “All posts must be specific to India/Indians”; “Submission should only be in English”; “Personal attacks | Abuse | Hate speech”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/india?
Communities with similar topics include r/news (31.6M), r/DiWHY (3.9M), r/Fitness (12.6M), r/dating (6.3M) and r/chemistry (3.9M).
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/india.