About r/singapore
In its own words:
Welcome to /r/singapore: The place for anything Singapore.
Community guide
r/singapore (#599, about 1.8 million subscribers) is oriented around: Welcome to /r/singapore: The place for anything Singapore. Recent activity samples show 72 posts/day in recent samples (~44% link, ~37% text, ~11% image). Public rules we collected include: Follow Reddiquette; Do not use offensive language or be abusive; Disallowed submissions; No personal info; No editorialising and use descriptive titles for self submissions.. Directory metadata files it under “Local”.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent fandoms or general off-topic dumps. Low-effort memes or empty shitposts are commonly removed—add context that fits the room’s purpose.
How it differs from lookalikes
The length of the public rule list is itself a signal: skim all of them once before assuming defaults from similar communities.
Practical pointers
Read the current sidebar/rules on Reddit before posting; collected rules can lag. Search the sub before reposting common clips or questions. Avoid clickbait titles; say what the post actually is. Common flairs in samples include: News, Discussion, Tabloid/Low-quality source, Opinion/Fluff Post.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jan 26, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 710 subscribers (+0.04%). It sits just behind r/gtaonline (#598) and ahead of r/whatsthisplant (#600) in our ranking.
What sets r/singapore apart
For its size it is unusually busy: about 39.5 new posts a day per million members, more than 83% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (14:00 UTC) sees about 33.0× as many posts as the quietest (18:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/singapore climbed from 1,816,653 to 1,822,034 subscribers (+5.4K, +0.30%). That is about 122 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/singapore talks about
Across 451 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “man”, “haze”, “s'pore”, “police” and “singaporean”. Other frequent themes are home, tampines, questions, charged, help and random. Recurring phrases include “random discussion”, “small questions”, “months jail” and “referral code”. By format, 44% are links, 37% are text posts and 11% are images.
Popular post flairs: News (151), Discussion (113), Tabloid/Low-quality source (42), Opinion/Fluff Post (39), Image (22), Serious Discussion (21).
Activity and best time to post
r/singapore gets about 72 new posts a day. The public archive holds 387,229 posts and 9,888,779 comments in total, about 25.5 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Tuesday (86 posts) and the quietest was Sunday (53). Posting peaks around 14:00 UTC and is lowest around 18:00 UTC.
Rules of r/singapore
The moderators of r/singapore list 10 rules. In short:
- Follow Reddiquette
- Do not use offensive language or be abusive
- Disallowed submissions
- No personal info
- No editorialising and use descriptive titles for self submissions.
- Belongs to the daily thread
- No duplicate posts
- No off topic or low effort content
- Fundraising, AMAs
- Meme Monday
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/singapore 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 big is r/singapore?
r/singapore has 1,822,034 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #599 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 5,381 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/singapore?
r/singapore was created on Jan 26, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from May 24, 2008.
How active is r/singapore?
Very active: r/singapore gets about 72 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 387,229 posts and 9,888,779 comments. In a sample of 451 recent posts we counted 299 different authors.
When is r/singapore most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Tuesday and the quietest Sunday, and most posts arrive around 14:00 UTC, with the fewest around 18:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/singapore about?
The community describes itself as: “Welcome to /r/singapore: The place for anything Singapore.” Recent post titles often mention man, haze, s'pore, police and singaporean. Most posts are links (44%).
Is r/singapore safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/singapore as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/singapore?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/singapore accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 10 posted rules, starting with: “Follow Reddiquette”; “Do not use offensive language or be abusive”; “Disallowed submissions”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/singapore?
Communities with similar topics include r/UpliftingNews (20.5M), r/anime (14.5M), r/london (1.6M), r/Damnthatsinteresting (20.6M) and r/Fitness (12.6M).
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/singapore.