About r/microsoft
In its own words:
A subreddit dedicated to Microsoft's Suite of Services, Products, and Games.
Community guide
r/microsoft (#701, about 1.5 million subscribers) is oriented around: A subreddit dedicated to Microsoft's Suite of Services, Products, and Games. Recent activity samples show 7.2 posts/day in recent samples (~79% text, ~21% link). Public rules we collected include: Microsoft-related content only; Engage in a constructive, polite and respectful manner; No piracy or key stores; No Non-Microsoft Support; No advertising or self-promotion. Directory metadata files it under “Technology”.
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 channel or shop. Piracy and illegal distribution talk is removed. Civility/anti-harassment rules apply; personal attacks get removed.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—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: Discussion, :Windows_11_Logo: Windows, :XBOX: XBOX, Employment.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jan 25, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 563 subscribers (+0.04%). It sits just behind r/ShouldIbuythisgame (#700) and ahead of r/IWantToLearn (#702) in our ranking.
What sets r/microsoft apart
r/microsoft is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 79% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 35% across the Top 100. People mostly look and upvote here rather than comment — about 3.6 comments per post, against 13.1 for a typical large subreddit.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/microsoft climbed from 1,519,393 to 1,521,470 subscribers (+2.1K, +0.14%). That is about 47 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/microsoft talks about
We read the titles of 52 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “windows”, “cloud”, “smart”, “tvs” and “onedrive”. Other frequent themes are account, hacked, copilot, officially, xbox and phone. Recurring phrases include “smart tvs”. By format, 79% are text posts and 21% are links.
Popular post flairs: Discussion (32), :Windows_11_Logo: Windows (9), :XBOX: XBOX (3), Employment (3), :Copilot: Copilot / AI (3), News (2).
Activity and best time to post
r/microsoft gets about 7.2 new posts a day. The public archive holds 146,066 posts and 527,615 comments in total, about 3.6 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (14 posts) and the quietest was Tuesday (5). Posting peaks around 19:00 UTC and is lowest around 08:00 UTC.
Rules of r/microsoft
The moderators of r/microsoft list 8 rules. In short:
- Microsoft-related content only
- Engage in a constructive, polite and respectful manner
- No piracy or key stores
- No Non-Microsoft Support
- No advertising or self-promotion
- No PII
- No support posts
- Posts must foster reasonable discussion
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/microsoft 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 subscribers does r/microsoft have?
r/microsoft has 1,521,470 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #701 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 2,077 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/microsoft created?
r/microsoft was created on Jan 25, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
Is r/microsoft still active?
Yes. r/microsoft gets about 7.2 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 146,066 posts and 527,615 comments. In a sample of 52 recent posts we counted 41 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/microsoft?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday and the quietest Tuesday, and most posts arrive around 19:00 UTC, with the fewest around 08:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/microsoft?
The community describes itself as: “A subreddit dedicated to Microsoft's Suite of Services, Products, and Games.” Recent post titles often mention windows, cloud, smart, tvs and onedrive. Most posts are text posts (79%).
Is r/microsoft SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/microsoft as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/microsoft?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/microsoft accepts both text and link posts. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “Microsoft-related content only”; “Engage in a constructive, polite and respectful manner”; “No piracy or key stores”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/microsoft?
Communities with similar topics include r/discordapp (1.5M), r/DisneyPlus (2.2M), r/olympics (1.7M), r/gameofthrones (4M) and r/curlyhair (1.4M).
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/microsoft.