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r/startrek’s public description calls itself a casual, constructive and welcoming place to talk about Star Trek. r/StarWars describes an unofficial community for the Star Wars franchise centered on the film series.
In our directory, StarWars is larger (about 4.7M, rank #194) than startrek (about 1.1M, rank #994). Activity samples show startrek posting more often (~79 posts/day vs ~62). startrek’s sample is mix of text with video; StarWars’s is mix of text with image. StarWars sample flairs include General Discussion, Movies, Fan Creations, Costumes, Fun. Our directory lists each name among the other’s related communities.
Rule titles: startrek emphasizes constructive, welcoming, truthful and on-topic posts with spoiler care; StarWars covers spoilers, respect, reposts, blogspam, adult content, trading, memes, and politics/religion limits.
Written comparison based on public descriptions and rule titles · updated 2026-11-07.
A casual, constructive, and most importantly, welcoming place on the internet to talk about Star Trek
Sample mix: text posts 70%, videos 18%, links 12%
Rule titles (short names we collected)
Unofficial community for Star Wars, an American epic space opera franchise, created by George Lucas and centered around a film series that began with the eponymous 1977 movie.
Sample mix: images 46%, text posts 35%, videos 8%
Topics: Star Wars
Rule titles (short names we collected)
About this community: r/StarWars (#194, about 4.7 million) is an unofficial community for the Star Wars franchise. Rules cover spoilers, civility, reposts, blogspam/self-promo, NSFW, buying/selling/trading, memes/image macros, politics/religion, sexualization, piracy/copyright, relevance, post quality, and breaking-news guidelines. Image/Text (~62.4 ppd).
| Aspect | r/startrek | r/StarWars |
|---|---|---|
| Public focus (from each community’s public description) | A casual, constructive, and most importantly, welcoming place on the internet to talk about Star Trek | Unofficial community for Star Wars, an American epic space opera franchise, created by George Lucas and centered around a film series that began with the eponymous 1977 movie. |
| Size r/StarWars is larger in our directory (about 4.4×). |
1.1M members | 4.7M members |
| Posting activity (our sample) | 78.7/day | 62.4/day |
| Common post types in our sample | text posts 70%, videos 18%, links 12% | images 46%, text posts 35%, videos 8% |
| Topic tags on SubMouse | n/a | Star Wars |
| Selected rule titles (short names we collected) | Be constructive; Be welcoming; Be truthful; Be nice; Keep on-topic | Spoiler Policy Violation; Respect Fellow Redditors; Reposting Content; Blogspam or Self-Promotion; Buying, Selling, or Trading |
startrek short titles include: Be constructive; Be welcoming; Be truthful; Be nice; Keep on-topic; Spoilers; Meta; Represent yourself. Our sample is text- and video-heavy.
StarWars: Spoiler Policy Violation; Respect Fellow Redditors; Reposting Content; Blogspam or Self-Promotion; NSFW or Adult Content; Buying, Selling, or Trading; Memes and Image Macros; Politics and Religion. Our sample mixes images with text; flairs include general discussion, movies, fan creations and costumes.
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: