About r/podcasts
In its own words:
r/podcasts: a subreddit to discover, discuss, and review podcasts with other podcast enthusiasts. As part of this mission, r/podcasts is curated to promote respectful and on-topic discussions. This is not a place to promote your podcast.
Community guide
r/podcasts (#246, about 3.9 million) is for discovering, discussing, and reviewing podcasts—not for promoting your own show as the main use. Rules police self-promotion, podcasting/service solicitation, FAQs/recommendations format, feedback requests, bashing posts, low-karma posting, and Reddit’s content policy. Text/Image (~15.4 ppd).
Listener discussion first
Discovery and review talk fit; heavy self-promo and service solicitation do not.
Recs and feedback channels
Recommendation and feedback requests follow dedicated rules—don’t dump bare “suggest a podcast” spam.
Practical pointers
Keep bashing posts out; flairs in samples include True Crime, Arts & Culture, Fiction.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jan 25, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 688 subscribers (+0.02%). It sits just behind r/Genshin_Impact (#245) and ahead of r/standupshots (#247) in our ranking.
What sets r/podcasts apart
Compared with other large communities, r/podcasts leans heavily on text posts (91% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 34%).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/podcasts climbed from 3,914,057 to 3,920,283 subscribers (+6.2K, +0.16%). That is about 142 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/podcasts talks about
Across 90 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “podcast”, “looking”, “recommendations”, “recommendation” and “good”. Other frequent themes are actually, similar, horror, video, title and brain. Recurring phrases include “podcast recommendations”, “true crime” and “good horror”. By format, 91% are text posts and 9% are images.
Popular post flairs: General Podcast Discussions (34), True Crime (9), Arts & Culture (8), Other Podcast Genre (8), Fiction (7), Health & Welbeing (5).
Activity and best time to post
r/podcasts gets about 15 new posts a day. The public archive holds 149,466 posts and 1,432,983 comments in total, about 9.6 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Thursday (21 posts) and the quietest was Saturday (6). Posting peaks around 15:00 UTC and is lowest around 02:00 UTC.
Rules of r/podcasts
The moderators of r/podcasts list 10 rules. In short:
- Self-promotion
- Podcasting
- Service solicitation
- FAQs and recommendations
- Feedback/content requests
- Bashing posts
- Other post requirements
- Low karma
- Reddit's content policy
- Contacting the Mods
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/podcasts 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/podcasts have?
r/podcasts has 3,920,283 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #246 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 6,226 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/podcasts?
r/podcasts was created on Jan 25, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
How active is r/podcasts?
Moderately: r/podcasts gets about 15 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 149,466 posts and 1,432,983 comments. In a sample of 90 recent posts we counted 87 different authors.
When is r/podcasts most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Thursday and the quietest Saturday, and most posts arrive around 15:00 UTC, with the fewest around 02:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/podcasts about?
The community describes itself as: “r/podcasts: a subreddit to discover, discuss, and review podcasts with other podcast enthusiasts. As part of this mission, r/podcasts is curated to promote respectful and on-topic discussions. This is not a place to pro…” Recent post titles often mention podcast, looking, recommendations, recommendation and good. Most posts are text posts (91%).
Is r/podcasts safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/podcasts as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/podcasts?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/podcasts accepts text posts only. It has 10 posted rules, starting with: “Self-promotion”; “Podcasting”; “Service solicitation”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/podcasts?
Communities with similar topics include r/howto (3.5M), r/pokemongo (5.7M), r/frugalmalefashion (3.2M), r/cars (7.4M) and r/AskWomen (5.8M).
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/podcasts.