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Nintendo Switch room vs Nintendo room
r/NintendoSwitch is a fan-run hub for news, updates, rumors and topics relating to the Nintendo Switch and Switch 2. r/nintendo discusses Nintendo’s past, present and future.
In our directory, NintendoSwitch is larger (about 8M, rank #99) than nintendo (about 2.4M, rank #467). Activity samples show NintendoSwitch posting more often (~60 posts/day vs ~17). NintendoSwitch’s sample is mix of text with image and link; nintendo’s is mix of text with link and video. NintendoSwitch flairs include Discussion, Question, Image, News, Game Rec; nintendo shows Official Nintendo Video, On This Day, THROWDOWN THURSDAY, smile sunday. Our directory lists related overlap between the two.
Rule titles: NintendoSwitch limits low-effort/NSFW, personal sales, and homebrew/piracy topics; nintendo requires original-source news or open-ended discussion prompts and bans shady buying/selling.
- Choose r/NintendoSwitch for Switch hardware and game discussion under its anti-homebrew and anti-spam rules.
- Choose r/nintendo for broader brand history and multi-platform Nintendo talk under its source and discussion rules.
- NintendoSwitch is larger (near Top 100) and more active in our sample.
Written comparison based on public descriptions and rule titles · updated 2026-11-07.
r/nintendo
r/Nintendo: Gaming • News • Discussion • Community
r/Nintendo is a community to discuss Nintendo's past, present and future.
- Members
- 2.4M
- 7-day growth
- +1K
- Posts/day
- 17.2
- Directory rank
- #467
- Created
- Mar 26, 2008
- Submissions
- Text or links
Sample mix: text posts 58%, links 23%, videos 18%
Topics: Gaming, News, Nintendo
Rule titles (short names we collected)
- Be the very best, like no one ever was. Treat everyone with respect and engage in good faith.
- All posts must be Nintendo news from the original source or discussion about Nintendo products.
- Discussion posts should present open-ended questions/prompts, and/or context to inform.
- Posts should have clear, descriptive titles that properly convey what the content is.
- Don't be shady: No buying, selling, trading, begging, affiliate links, piracy, or illegal content.
- All giveaways and contests must either be held by Nintendo or approved in advance by the moderators.
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About this community: r/nintendo (#467, about 2.4 million) covers Nintendo platforms and games as a general Nintendo community. Catalogue description: r/Nintendo is a community to discuss Nintendo's past, present and future.
r/NintendoSwitch
Nintendo Switch - News, Updates, and Information
The central hub for all news, updates, rumors, and topics relating to the Nintendo Switch & Nintendo Switch 2. We are a fan-run community, not an official Nintendo forum.
- Members
- 8M
- 7-day growth
- +2.2K
- Posts/day
- 60.3
- Directory rank
- #99
- Created
- Oct 20, 2016
- Submissions
- Text or links
Sample mix: text posts 39%, images 27%, links 18%
Topics: News, Nintendo
Rule titles (short names we collected)
- No hate-speech, personal attacks, or harassment
- No clickbait, vague, or misleading post titles
- Rule 3 - No Limited-Scope Questions
- No Let's-Play, streaming, or similar spam
- No personal sales, affiliate links, or begging.
- No hacks, dumps, emulators, or homebrew
- Tag spoilers and don't put spoilers in post titles
- Always link to the original source
- No excessive self-promotion or unverified AMAs
- Specific content restrictions
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About this community: r/NintendoSwitch ranks #99 on SubMouse’s SFW Top list (about 8.0 million subscribers in the directory). Catalogue framing: The central hub for all news, updates, rumors, and topics relating to the Nintendo Switch & Nintendo Switch 2. We are a fan-run community, not an official Nintendo forum. Moderation themes that shape the room include: No hate-speech, personal attacks, or harassment; No clickbait, vague, or misle…
Rules and posting patterns we can verify
NintendoSwitch short titles include: No hate-speech, personal attacks, or harassment; No clickbait, vague, or misleading post titles; Rule 3 - No Limited-Scope Questions; Rule 4 - No Reposts, Low-Effort, or NSFW content.; No Let's-Play, streaming, or similar spam; No personal sales, affiliate links, or begging.; No hacks, dumps, emulators, or homebrew; Tag spoilers and don't put spoilers in post titles. Our sample mixes text, images and links with discussion and question flairs.
nintendo: Be the very best, like no one ever was. Treat everyone with respect and engage in good faith.; All posts must be Nintendo news from the original source or discussion about Nintendo products.; Discussion posts should present open-ended questions/prompts, and/or context to inform.; Posts should have clear, descriptive titles that properly convey what the content is.; Don't be shady: No buying, selling, trading, begging, affiliate links, piracy, or illegal content.; All giveaways and contests must either be held by Nintendo or approved in advance by the moderators.. Our sample mixes text, links and video with official-video and on-this-day style flairs.
Where this comparison comes from
Public descriptions and member counts from SubMouse’s safe-for-work directory. Short rule titles and activity samples SubMouse collected. 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.
Hand-written explanations for pairs where the public descriptions and rules support a real distinction: