About r/teslamotors
In its own words:
The original and largest Tesla community on Reddit! An unofficial forum of owners and enthusiasts. See r/TeslaLounge for relaxed posting, and user experiences! Tesla Inc. is an energy + technology company originally from California and currently headquartered in Austin, Texas. Their mission is to accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy. They produce vertically integrated electric vehicles, batteries, solar, and AI software and hardware solutions.
Community guide
r/teslamotors (#296, about 3.5 million) is the original large unofficial Tesla owners/enthusiasts forum (points relaxed talk to TeslaLounge). Rules cover nuisance behavior, content/quality, reposts/spam/referrals, Elon & his behavior boundaries, and self-posted content limits. Text/Image (~24.9 ppd).
Tesla vehicles and company talk
Owners/enthusiast discussion; referrals and spam are out.
Quality and Elon-topic norms
Meet content/quality bars; follow the specific Elon-behavior rule; mind self-posted content limits.
Practical pointers
Mixed media; FSD/Model/Cybercab flairs in samples. Unofficial—not Tesla Inc.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Sep 4, 2010, which makes it 16 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 591 subscribers (+0.02%). It sits just behind r/Naruto (#295) and ahead of r/techsupport (#297) in our ranking.
What sets r/teslamotors apart
Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (20:00 UTC) sees about 12.0× as many posts as the quietest (03:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/teslamotors grew from 3,459,093 to 3,463,566 subscribers (+4.5K, +0.13%). That is about 102 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/teslamotors talks about
We read the titles of 117 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “tesla”, “cybercab”, “fsd”, “model” and “robotaxi”. Other frequent themes are roadster, service, future, mode, flying and cars. Recurring phrases include “tesla roadster”, “tesla semi”, “fsd supervised” and “flying car”. By format, 36% are text posts, 24% are images and 17% are links.
Popular post flairs: General (36), Vehicles - Cybercab (14), Full Self-Driving / Autopilot (14), Vehicles - Model 3 (11), $TSLA Investing (9), Vehicles - Roadster (8).
Activity and best time to post
r/teslamotors gets about 25 new posts a day. The public archive holds 264,401 posts and 5,919,187 comments in total, about 22.4 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Friday (28 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (7). Posting peaks around 20:00 UTC and is lowest around 03:00 UTC.
Rules of r/teslamotors
The moderators of r/teslamotors list 5 rules. In short:
- Don't Be A Nuisance
- Content/Quality
- Reposts, Spam, Referrals
- Elon & His Behavior
- Self-Posted Content
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/teslamotors 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/teslamotors have?
r/teslamotors has 3,463,566 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #296 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 4,473 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/teslamotors?
r/teslamotors was created on Sep 4, 2010, so it has been around for 16 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from May 19, 2011.
How active is r/teslamotors?
Very active: r/teslamotors gets about 25 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 264,401 posts and 5,919,187 comments. In a sample of 117 recent posts we counted 80 different authors.
When is r/teslamotors most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Friday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 20:00 UTC, with the fewest around 03:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/teslamotors about?
The community describes itself as: “The original and largest Tesla community on Reddit! An unofficial forum of owners and enthusiasts. See r/TeslaLounge for relaxed posting, and user experiences! Tesla Inc. is an energy + technology company originally fro…” Recent post titles often mention tesla, cybercab, fsd, model and robotaxi. Most posts are text posts (36%).
Is r/teslamotors safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/teslamotors as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/teslamotors?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/teslamotors accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts), with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 5 posted rules, starting with: “Don't Be A Nuisance”; “Content/Quality”; “Reposts, Spam, Referrals”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/teslamotors?
Communities with similar topics include r/technology (20.6M), r/food (24.6M), r/memes (36.1M), r/pcmasterrace (16.4M) and r/CryptoTechnology (1.3M).
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/teslamotors.