About r/law
In its own words:
A place to discuss developments in the law and the legal profession.
Community guide
r/law (#494, about 2.3 million) — A place to discuss developments in the law and the legal profession. Collected rules highlight Stay on topic.; No requests for legal advice.; No 0L or homework questions., among 12 listed. Activity mix in sample: link:324, video:15. Bu.
What belongs here
This room is built for questions and answers, aligned with: A place to discuss developments in the law and the legal profession. Rule themes on file include: Stay on topic.; No requests for legal advice.; No 0L or homework questions.; Limit self-promotion.. Prefer clear titles and enough context for strangers to answer; jokes-first top replies usually miss the point when rules emphasize genuine help.
Before you post
Common flairs in the sample: Legal News, Executive Branch (Trump), Judicial Branch, Other. Recent sample composition: link:324, video:15. Bu. Format-sensitive rules to read first: Limit self-promotion.; Reposts. Treat subscriber and posts-per-day figures as directory snapshots, not live Reddit counters.
How it differs
Compared with broader chat rooms, this community’s collected rules push toward answerable questions and away from advice-bans or joke-first threads when those appear on file. Always re-check live rules before posting.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Feb 18, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 2,253 subscribers (+0.10%). It sits just behind r/Journaling (#493) and ahead of r/Roadcam (#495) in our ranking.
What sets r/law apart
It is a discussion-heavy community, with about 34.5 comments per post over its lifetime versus a Top 100 median of 13.3. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.60% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 87% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (20:00 UTC) sees about 18.5× as many posts as the quietest (06:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/law went up from 2,237,883 to 2,251,417 subscribers (+13.5K, +0.60%). 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/law talks about
We read the titles of 339 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “trump”, “doj”, “judge”, “court” and “election”. Other frequent themes are california, lawsuit, supreme, ballots, voters and democrats. Recurring phrases include “supreme court”, “trump administration”, “justice department” and “court rejects”. By format, 96% are links and 4% are videos.
Popular post flairs: Legal News (112), Executive Branch (Trump) (108), Judicial Branch (64), Other (35), Legislative Branch (20).
Activity and best time to post
r/law gets about 46 new posts a day. The public archive holds 246,659 posts and 8,513,802 comments in total, about 34.5 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Friday (65 posts) and the quietest was Saturday (29). Posting peaks around 20:00 UTC and is lowest around 06:00 UTC.
Rules of r/law
The moderators of r/law list 12 rules. In short:
- Stay on topic.
- No requests for legal advice.
- No 0L or homework questions.
- Limit self-promotion.
- Keep headlines objective.
- No soapboxing.
- Personal Attacks
- Moderator Discretion
- Reposts
- No Twitter or other sites on which CSAM is known to circulate
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/law 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/law have?
r/law has 2,251,417 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #494 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 13,534 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/law?
r/law was created on Feb 18, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Mar 26, 2008.
How active is r/law?
Very active: r/law gets about 46 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 246,659 posts and 8,513,802 comments. In a sample of 339 recent posts we counted 133 different authors.
When is r/law most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Friday and the quietest Saturday, and most posts arrive around 20:00 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/law about?
The community describes itself as: “A place to discuss developments in the law and the legal profession.” Recent post titles often mention trump, doj, judge, court and election. Most posts are links (96%).
Is r/law safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/law as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/law?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/law accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts), with videos enabled. It has 12 posted rules, starting with: “Stay on topic.”; “No requests for legal advice.”; “No 0L or homework questions.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/law?
Communities with similar topics include r/legaladvice (3.6M), r/news (31.6M), r/gamedev (2.1M), r/politics (9.3M) and r/ProgrammerHumor (4.8M).
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/law.