About r/meme
In its own words:
r/meme is a place to share memes. We're fairly liberal but do have a few rules on what can and cannot be shared.
Community guide
r/meme (#371, about 3.0 million) shares original memes under a short rule set: OC only, no spam/watermarks/unmarked NSFW, no deaths/tragedies/politics memes, no meta-Reddit or reaction memes, max six posts/day. Almost all images (~90 ppd).
Original memes only
Rule 1 requires original memes—reposts and watermarked spam fail fast.
Topic bans
Deaths, tragedies, and politics are off-limits as meme subjects; reaction and meta-Reddit memes are also banned.
Rate limit
Queue flooding is capped at six posts per day; be friendly.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on May 26, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 2,200 subscribers (+0.07%). Among the 20 communities on our memes list it is number 8 by size. It sits just behind r/atheism (#370) and ahead of r/bodybuilding (#372) in our ranking.
What sets r/meme apart
Compared with other large communities, r/meme leans heavily on images (99% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 19%). r/meme is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 5.7 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 13.6. For its size it is unusually busy: about 30.4 new posts a day per million members, more than 82% of the Top 100.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/meme went up from 2,950,340 to 2,963,959 subscribers (+13.6K, +0.46%). That is about 310 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/meme talks about
We read the titles of 526 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “reality”, “true”, “sam”, “ram” and “altman”. Other frequent themes are good, life, halloween, fine, real and lmao. Recurring phrases include “sam altman”, “energy ifykyk” and “nemo pokémon”. By format, 99% are images, 0% are links and 0% are videos.
Activity and best time to post
r/meme gets roughly 90 new posts a day. The public archive holds 1,744,482 posts and 9,905,423 comments in total, about 5.7 comments per post.
Rules of r/meme
The moderators of r/meme list 7 rules. In short:
- Rule 1 - All posts must be original memes.
- Rule 2 - No spam/watermarks/unmarked NSFW.
- Rule 3 - No personal info/site-wide TOS violations.
- Rule 4 - No memes about deaths/tragedies/politics.
- Rule 5 - Be friendly to your fellow users.
- Rule 6 - No meta Reddit or reaction memes
- Queue flooding is not allowed in this subreddit. Limit your posts to six or less per day
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/meme 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/meme have?
r/meme has 2,963,959 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #371 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 13,619 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/meme created?
r/meme was created on May 26, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Dec 10, 2008.
Is r/meme still active?
Yes. r/meme gets roughly 90 new posts a day (estimate from a sample of recent posts). Over its lifetime the archive counts 1,744,482 posts and 9,905,423 comments. In a sample of 526 recent posts we counted 374 different authors.
What kind of posts are on r/meme?
The community describes itself as: “r/meme is a place to share memes. We're fairly liberal but do have a few rules on what can and cannot be shared.” Recent post titles often mention reality, true, sam, ram and altman. Most posts are images (99%).
Is r/meme SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/meme 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/meme?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/meme accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts), with images enabled. It has 7 posted rules, starting with: “Rule 1 - All posts must be original memes.”; “Rule 2 - No spam/watermarks/unmarked NSFW.”; “Rule 3 - No personal info/site-wide TOS violations.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/meme?
Communities with similar topics include r/BikiniBottomTwitter (4.8M), r/RelationshipMemes (3.8M), r/memes (36.1M), r/marvelmemes (4.3M) and r/HistoryMemes (12.8M).
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/meme.