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r/gaming vs r/pcgaming

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General gaming feed vs PC gaming news desk

r/gaming calls itself the number one gaming forum. r/pcgaming calls itself Reddit’s #1 source for PC gaming news and discussion.

Both have SubMouse pages (gaming about 47.4M, rank #5; pcgaming about 4.0M, rank #235) and list each other as related. Samples mix text, links and images; pcgaming is slightly busier in our window (roughly 93 vs 63 posts per day).

Collected titles separate the lanes. gaming requires posts to be directly gaming-related, puts discussion prompts in text posts, and bans giveaways, sales, piracy and non-original sources. pcgaming bans memes and PCMR language, tech support and game-help questions, buying/building questions, game suggestion requests, and Let’s Plays/streams/montages. Share platform-agnostic gaming content in gaming; bring PC news and substantive PC discussion to pcgaming—and hardware build questions to buildapc.

r/gaming: broad gaming; discussion prompts as text posts; no giveaways/sales (collected titles).
r/pcgaming: PC news/discussion; no tech support, build questions, memes or streams (collected titles).
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/gaming

The Number One Gaming forum on the Internet.

Members: 47.4M
7-day growth: +8.8K
Posts/day: 63.2
Directory rank: #5
Created: Sep 17, 2007
Submissions: Text or links

Sample mix: text posts 32%, links 30%, images 24%

Topics: Gaming

Rule titles (short names we collected)

Not directly gaming related or generic meme template
Posting guidelines, bandwagons, brigades, direct reply posts.
Piracy
No Giveaways / Trades / Contests / Items for sale / Donation requests / Crypto anything
Not original source / Website screenshot
Spam / Excessive self-promotion
Discussion prompts must be posted as self/text posts
Bigotry / Incivility / Toxicity
AMA related rule.

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About this community: r/gaming (#5, about 47.4 million) is a large general gaming forum. Rules remove generic meme templates, piracy, unmarked spoilers/NSFW, giveaways/trades/crypto, and require discussion prompts as text posts. Mixed (~63.2 ppd).

r/pcgaming

PC Gaming

Reddit's #1 source for PC gaming news and discussion.

Members: 4M
7-day growth: +2.2K
Posts/day: 92.7
Directory rank: #235
Created: Mar 13, 2008
Submissions: Text or links

Sample mix: text posts 46%, images 23%, links 18%

Topics: Gaming, PC Gaming

Rule titles (short names we collected)

Rule #0: Be civil
Rule #2: No Advertisements
Rule #3: No memes, PCMR language, and low-effort posts/comments
Rule #4: No tech support or game help questions
Rule #5: No questions about buying/building computers, hardware, peripherals, furniture, etc
Rule #6: No game suggestions, friend requests, surveys, or begging
Rule #7: No Let's Plays, streams, highlight reels/montages, random videos or shorts
Rule #8: No off-topic posts/comments
Rule #9a: Use the original source
Rule #9b: No Editorialized Posts
Rule #9c: No Duplicates
Self Promotion Spam

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About this community: r/pcgaming (#235, about 4.0 million) is a PC gaming news and discussion hub that aggressively filters entertainment fluff. Catalogue description: Reddit's #1 source for PC gaming news and discussion.

Supported differences

Aspect	r/gaming	r/pcgaming
Public focus (from each community’s public description)	The Number One Gaming forum on the Internet.	Reddit's #1 source for PC gaming news and discussion.
Size r/gaming is larger in our directory (about 11.8×).	47.4M members	4M members
Posting activity (our sample)	63.2/day	92.7/day
Common post types in our sample	text posts 32%, links 30%, images 24%	text posts 46%, images 23%, links 18%
Topic tags on SubMouse	Gaming	Gaming, PC Gaming
Selected rule titles (short names we collected)	Not directly gaming related or generic meme template; Posting guidelines, bandwagons, brigades, direct reply posts.; Piracy; No Giveaways / Trades / Contests / Items for sale / Donation requests / Crypto anything; Not original source / Website screenshot	Rule #0: Be civil; Rule #2: No Advertisements; Rule #3: No memes, PCMR language, and low-effort posts/comments; Rule #4: No tech support or game help questions; Rule #5: No questions about buying/building computers, hardware, peripherals, furniture, etc

What they share

Shared SubMouse topics: Gaming
Our directory lists each of these communities on the other’s related list.

Rules and tone we can verify

gaming: not directly gaming related or generic meme template; posting guidelines/bandwagons; piracy; no giveaways/trades/sales/crypto; original source; spam; discussion prompts as self posts; bigotry/incivility. pcgaming: be civil; no ads; no memes/PCMR language/low effort; no tech support or game help; no buying/building questions; no game suggestions/friend requests/surveys; no Let’s Plays/streams/montages; no off-topic.

Where this comparison comes from

Public descriptions, member counts and related links from SubMouse’s safe-for-work directory. Short rule titles and activity samples collected for both. 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-type mixes appear when we have an activity sample. Rule lines are short titles, not the full sidebar. Directory rank is listing order — communities outside the current Top 100 open in the info tool instead of a full community page.

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