About r/thenetherlands
In its own words:
Welkom bij de grootste tweetalige Reddit community voor het delen van alles gerelateerd aan Nederland: nieuws, sport, humor, cultuur en vragen. | Welcome to the largest bilingual Reddit community for sharing anything related to the Netherlands: news, sports, humor, culture and questions.
Community guide
r/thenetherlands (#719, about 1.5 million subscribers) is oriented around: Welkom bij de grootste tweetalige Reddit community voor het delen van alles gerelateerd aan Nederland: nieuws, sport, humor, cultuur en vragen. | Welcome to the largest bilingual Reddit community for sharing anything… Recent activity samples show 25 posts/day in recent samples (~45% link, ~42% text, ~10% image). Public rules we collected include: Adhere to Reddit content policy and reddiquette; No surveys, petitions or spam; No low-effort posts or low-effort questions; Posts must be related to the Netherlands; Titles and posts must be descriptive and objective.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Self-promotion and ads are limited—read those rules before linking your own channel or shop. Low-effort or empty shitposts are often removed—add context that fits the purpose.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community. The public rule list is long enough that skimming all entries once beats assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; collected snapshots can lag. Search before reposting common clips or questions. Common flairs in samples include: News, Question, Other, Culture.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Feb 20, 2014, which makes it 12 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 317 subscribers (+0.02%). It sits just behind r/HobbyDrama (#718) and ahead of r/smashbros (#720) in our ranking.
What sets r/thenetherlands apart
It is a discussion-heavy community, with about 27.9 comments per post over its lifetime versus a Top 100 median of 13.1. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (09:00 UTC) sees about 15.0× as many posts as the quietest (00:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/thenetherlands climbed from 1,472,426 to 1,474,629 subscribers (+2.2K, +0.15%). That is about 50 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/thenetherlands talks about
We read the titles of 178 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “voor”, “van”, “het”, “een” and “niet”. Other frequent themes are met, netherlands, wat, bij, meer and aan. Recurring phrases include “den haag”, “bij het”, “nog steeds” and “werd aangevallen”. By format, 45% are links, 42% are text posts and 10% are images.
Popular post flairs: News (64), Question (62), Other (37), Culture (7), Humor (3), Sinterklaas (2).
Activity and best time to post
r/thenetherlands gets about 25 new posts a day. The public archive holds 230,510 posts and 6,430,039 comments in total, about 27.9 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Wednesday (33 posts) and the quietest was Friday (20). Posting peaks around 09:00 UTC and is lowest around 00:00 UTC.
Rules of r/thenetherlands
The moderators of r/thenetherlands list 8 rules. In short:
- Adhere to Reddit content policy and reddiquette
- No surveys, petitions or spam
- No low-effort posts or low-effort questions
- Posts must be related to the Netherlands
- Titles and posts must be descriptive and objective
- Do not post duplicates of previous posts
- Assign your post the proper link flair; no [tags]
- Adhere to the language guidelines
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/thenetherlands 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/thenetherlands have?
r/thenetherlands has 1,474,629 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #719 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 2,203 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/thenetherlands created?
r/thenetherlands was created on Feb 20, 2014, so it has been around for 12 years.
Is r/thenetherlands still active?
Yes. r/thenetherlands gets about 25 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 230,510 posts and 6,430,039 comments. In a sample of 178 recent posts we counted 146 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/thenetherlands?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Wednesday and the quietest Friday, and most posts arrive around 09:00 UTC, with the fewest around 00:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/thenetherlands?
The community describes itself as: “Welkom bij de grootste tweetalige Reddit community voor het delen van alles gerelateerd aan Nederland: nieuws, sport, humor, cultuur en vragen. | Welcome to the largest bilingual Reddit community for sharing anything re…” Recent post titles often mention voor, van, het, een and niet. Most posts are links (45%).
Is r/thenetherlands SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/thenetherlands as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/thenetherlands?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/thenetherlands accepts both text and link posts, with images and galleries enabled. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “Adhere to Reddit content policy and reddiquette”; “No surveys, petitions or spam”; “No low-effort posts or low-effort questions”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/thenetherlands?
Communities with similar topics include r/humor (2.9M), r/EASportsFC (1.4M), r/sports (22.1M), r/ProgrammerHumor (4.8M) and r/funny (67.6M).
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/thenetherlands.