About r/worldnews
r/worldnews is one of the ten biggest safe-for-work communities on Reddit, ranked #4 on SubMouse with 47,680,884 subscribers.
In its own words:
A place for major news from around the world, excluding US-internal news.
The community was created on Jan 25, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 17,649 subscribers (+0.04%). It sits just behind r/AskReddit (#3) and ahead of r/gaming (#5) in our ranking.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/worldnews and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
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