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r/AskHistorians vs r/history

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Open history discussion vs sourced historical answers

r/history invites articles, books and discussion about the past, with rules that keep politics current and ban negationism/alternate history. r/AskHistorians calls itself a portal for public history: questions must seek in-depth answers, and shallow replies are removed.

Both have SubMouse community pages (history about 18.8M, rank #45; AskHistorians about 2.9M, rank #380). Activity samples diverge: AskHistorians is busier in our window (roughly 82 text posts per day) than history (roughly 12 with a mix of text, video and links), fitting a Q&A format against a slower discussion/link room. Each lists the other as related.

Short rule titles are the chooser’s signal. history limits discussion to events over 20 years ago and bans soapboxing. AskHistorians requires comprehensive answers, sources on request, and rejects speculative or anecdotal top-level replies. Browse and chat in history; ask for a careful, sourced answer in AskHistorians.

  • r/history: articles and discussion; events >20 years ago; no negationism.
  • r/AskHistorians: in-depth answers only; sources on request; no speculative top-level replies.
  • They list each other as related. Both have full SubMouse community pages.

Written comparison based on public descriptions and rule titles · updated 2026-11-06.

r/AskHistorians

AskHistorians

The Portal for Public History. Please read the rules before participating, as we remove all comments which break the rules. Answers must be in-depth and comprehensive, or they will be removed.

Members
2.9M
7-day growth
+5.3K
Posts/day
82
Directory rank
#380
Created
Aug 28, 2011
Submissions
Text posts

Sample mix: text posts 100%, links 0%

Rule titles (short names we collected)

  • Users shall behave with courtesy and politeness
  • Questions should be clear and specific, be asked in good faith, and seek an in-depth answer
  • Questions should be historical in nature, and ask for more than basic facts
  • Users should be able to provide sources on request
  • Answers must be in-depth and comprehensive
  • Answers should reflect knowledge and familiarity with the topic at hand
  • Answers should not be speculative or anecdotal
  • No questions that are soapboxing, or about events and politics <20 years
  • No political agendas or moralising in answers
  • Answers should not be only links or quotations
  • Answers must be original work, and cite all quotes
  • Comments should not consist solely of jokes

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About this community: r/AskHistorians (#380, about 2.9 million) brands itself the portal for public history: questions seek in-depth answers, and shallow replies are removed. Rules require clear good-faith historical questions, comprehensive sourced answers, no speculation/anecdotes-only, no <20-year politics soapboxing, and no joke-only top-levels. Text (~82 ppd).

r/history

History

r/history is a place for discussions about history. Feel free to submit interesting articles, tell us about this cool book you just read, or start a discussion about who everyone's favorite figure of minor French nobili…

Members
18.8M
7-day growth
+1.6K
Posts/day
11.8
Directory rank
#45
Created
Jan 25, 2008
Submissions
Text or links

Sample mix: text posts 38%, videos 33%, links 30%

Topics: History

Rule titles (short names we collected)

  • Rule 1: Keep it civil!
  • Rule 2: No current politics or soapboxing
  • Rule 3: No historical negationism, denialism or alternate history.
  • Rule 4: Comments should be on-topic and contribute to the conversation in a meaningful way
  • Rule 5: Discussions limited to events over 20 years ago
  • Rule 6: Post in the right subreddit
  • Rule 7: Follow the rules and guidelines of reddit
  • Rule 8: Post from the original site.
  • Rule 9: Text posts require actual research and must be sourced
  • Rule 10: Titles of links should accurately describe the content not be sensationalized or misleading
  • Rule 11: No using AI's to write your answers for you
  • No Atrocity Olympics

Open r/history on SubMouse

About this community: r/history ranks #45 on SubMouse’s SFW Top list (about 18.8 million subscribers in the directory). Catalogue framing: r/history is a place for discussions about history. Feel free to submit interesting articles, tell us about this cool book you just read, or start a discussion about who everyone's favorite figure of minor French… Moderation themes that shape the room include: Rule 1: Keep it civil!; Rule 2: No curren…

Supported differences

Aspectr/AskHistoriansr/history
Public focus (from each community’s public description) The Portal for Public History. Please read the rules before participating, as we remove all comments which break the rules. Answers must be in-depth and comprehensive, or they will be removed. r/history is a place for discussions about history. Feel free to submit interesting articles, tell us about this cool book you just read, or start a discussion about who everyone's favorite figure of minor French nobili…
Size
r/history is larger in our directory (about 6.4×).
 2.9M members 18.8M members
Posting activity (our sample) 82/day 11.8/day
Common post types in our sample text posts 100%, links 0% text posts 38%, videos 33%, links 30%
Allowed submission type (meta) Text posts Text or links
Topic tags on SubMouse n/a History
Selected rule titles (short names we collected) Users shall behave with courtesy and politeness; Questions should be clear and specific, be asked in good faith, and seek an in-depth answer; Questions should be historical in nature, and ask for more than basic facts; Users should be able to provide sources on request; Answers must be in-depth and comprehensive Rule 1: Keep it civil!; Rule 2: No current politics or soapboxing; Rule 3: No historical negationism, denialism or alternate history.; Rule 4: Comments should be on-topic and contribute to the conversation in a meaningful way; Rule 5: Discussions limited to events over 20 years ago

What they share

  • Our directory lists each of these communities on the other’s related list.

Rule titles that matter for choosers

history: Keep it civil; No current politics or soapboxing; No historical negationism/denialism/alternate history; on-topic comments; events over 20 years ago; post from the original site. AskHistorians: courtesy; clear good-faith questions; answers must be in-depth and comprehensive; sources on request; no speculative or anecdotal answers; no soapboxing or politics under 20 years.

Where this comparison comes from

Public descriptions, member counts and related links from SubMouse’s safe-for-work directory. Short titles only.

Members and public descriptions come from SubMouse's safe-for-work directory (as of 2026-11-02 UTC); 7-day growth measured from 2026-10-26. Posts/day and post types are shown where recent activity is available. Rule lines are short titles, not the full sidebar. Directory rank is listing order.

Comparisons we prepared

Hand-written explanations for pairs where the public descriptions and rules support a real distinction: