About r/teenagers
In its own words:
r/teenagers is the biggest community forum run by teenagers for teenagers. Our subreddit is primarily for discussions and memes that an average teenager would enjoy to discuss about. We do not have any age-restriction in place but do keep in mind this is targeted for users between the ages of 13 to 19. Parents, teachers, and the like are welcomed to participate and ask any questions!
Community guide
r/teenagers (#267, about 3.7 million) is a large teen-run discussion and meme forum (no age restriction stated in the catalogue blurb). Rules ban personal attacks, spam, doxxing (self or others), NSFW, require flairs on all submissions, need prior mod approval for AMAs, and demand Reddit TOS compliance. Text/Image (~1001.9 ppd).
Teen discussion and memes
Everyday teen topics and memes fit; NSFW and personal attacks do not.
Flair everything; AMA gate
All submissions need flair; AMAs require advance moderator approval.
Practical pointers
Very high sample volume; text/image heavy with Discussion/Social/Meme flairs.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Feb 27, 2010, which makes it 16 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 6,920 subscribers (+0.19%). It sits just behind r/DigitalPainting (#266) and ahead of r/ethereum (#268) in our ranking.
What sets r/teenagers apart
For its size it is unusually busy: about 268.4 new posts a day per million members, more than 99% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 1.29% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 98% of the Top 100.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/teenagers went up from 3,685,346 to 3,732,981 subscribers (+47.6K, +1.29%). That is about 1,083 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/teenagers talks about
We read the titles of 699 recent posts (Oct 30–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “halloween”, “friends”, “costume”, “feel” and “hate”. Other frequent themes are help, school, yall, looking, good and friend. Recurring phrases include “halloween costume”, “happy halloween”, “random user” and “user profile”. By format, 54% are text posts, 35% are images and 10% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: Discussion (164), Social (137), Meme (82), Other (80), Advice (67), Rant (47).
Activity and best time to post
r/teenagers gets about 1,000 new posts a day. The public archive holds 10,318,409 posts and 133,596,979 comments in total, about 12.9 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (1,174 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (946). Posting peaks around 17:00 UTC and is lowest around 07:00 UTC.
Rules of r/teenagers
The moderators of r/teenagers list 7 rules. In short:
- No personal attacks.
- No spamming.
- No personal information, of yourself or others.
- No NSFW content.
- All submissions must be flaired.
- AMAs require prior moderator approval.
- Follow Reddit's TOS
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/teenagers 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/teenagers?
r/teenagers has 3,732,981 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #267 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 47,635 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/teenagers created?
r/teenagers was created on Feb 27, 2010, so it has been around for 16 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Jan 17, 2011.
Is r/teenagers still active?
Yes. r/teenagers gets about 1,000 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 10,318,409 posts and 133,596,979 comments. In a sample of 699 recent posts we counted 501 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/teenagers?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 17:00 UTC, with the fewest around 07:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/teenagers?
The community describes itself as: “r/teenagers is the biggest community forum run by teenagers for teenagers. Our subreddit is primarily for discussions and memes that an average teenager would enjoy to discuss about. We do not have any age-restriction i…” Recent post titles often mention halloween, friends, costume, feel and hate. Most posts are text posts (54%).
Is r/teenagers SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/teenagers 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/teenagers?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/teenagers accepts both text and link posts, with images enabled. It has 7 posted rules, starting with: “No personal attacks.”; “No spamming.”; “No personal information, of yourself or others.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/teenagers?
Communities with similar topics include r/Parenting (8.3M), r/tattoos (10.4M), r/fantasyfootball (3.5M), r/InternetIsBeautiful (16.6M) and r/BikiniBottomTwitter (4.8M).
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/teenagers.