About r/nottheonion
r/nottheonion is one of the largest safe-for-work communities on Reddit, ranked #21 on SubMouse with 26,136,210 subscribers.
In its own words:
For true stories that you could have sworn were from The Onion.
The community was created on Oct 25, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 3,067 subscribers (+0.01%). It sits just behind r/askscience (#20) and ahead of r/mildlyinteresting (#22) in our ranking.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/nottheonion and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
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