r/AskReddit vs r/NoStupidQuestions

Side-by-side using public descriptions, members, growth and rule titles from SubMouse. Missing fields show as n/a. Adult communities are excluded.

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Conversation prompts vs answerable questions

Both communities are text-question spaces, but their public framing differs. AskReddit invites thought-provoking questions; NoStupidQuestions invites people to “ask away,” with an explicit disclaimer that anonymous answers may be wrong.

Scale and tempo diverge in our data. AskReddit sits near the top of the SFW directory (tens of millions of members) with thousands of posts per day in our sample—all text. NoStupidQuestions is still very large (millions of members) with a high but smaller posts-per-day sample, also essentially all text.

Collected short rule titles encode the product difference. AskReddit’s titles emphasise clear, open-ended questions and ban personal/professional advice requests and loaded questions. NoStupidQuestions’ titles require a genuine human-written attempt at an answer in top-level comments, ask people to search first, and ban medical-advice questions and trolling/joke questions. Use AskReddit for discussion and stories; use NoStupidQuestions for a straight informational ask, accepting uneven accuracy.

AskReddit: open-ended, discussion-first; advice requests conflict with collected short rule titles.
NoStupidQuestions: factual curiosity welcome; top-level answers expected to be genuine attempts (collected title).
Pick by question shape. AskReddit has a full SubMouse community page; NoStupidQuestions is listed in the directory but outside the current Top list.

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

r/AskReddit

Ask Reddit...

r/AskReddit is the place to ask and answer thought-provoking questions.

Members: 60M
7-day growth: +59.1K
Posts/day: 4,449.7
Directory rank: #3
Created: Jan 25, 2008
Submissions: Text posts

Sample mix: text posts 100%

Topics: Questions & Discussion, Explanations & Q&A

Rule titles (short names we collected)

Rule 1 - Questions must be clear and direct and may not use the body textbox
Rule 2 - No personal or professional advice requests
Rule 3 - Open ended questions only
Rule 4 - No personal info
Rule 5 - No loaded questions
Rule 6 - [Serious] tagged posts are off-limits to jokes or irrelevant replies
Rule 7 - No begging for goods or services, or Reddit rewards
Rule 8 - Be respectful to other users at all times and conduct your behaviour in a civil manner
Rule 9 - No image only replies or large ascii art
Rule 10 - Harmful Misinformation
Rule 11 - No spam, machine generated content or karma farming

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r/NoStupidQuestions

No such thing as stupid questions

Ask away! Disclaimer: This is an anonymous forum so answers may not be correct

Members: 7.6M
7-day growth: +17.1K
Posts/day: 1,172
Directory rank: #102
Created: Feb 2, 2013
Submissions: Text posts

Sample mix: text posts 100%

Topics: Questions & Discussion

Rule titles (short names we collected)

Top level comments must contain a genuine human-written attempt at an answer
Please try searching the subreddit for your question first
Be Nice
No medical advice questions
No trolling or joke questions
No self-promotion, shilling or begging
No illegal/unethical or disturbing subject matter
No disguised rants, agenda posts or potstirring

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Supported differences

Aspect	r/AskReddit	r/NoStupidQuestions
Public focus (from each community’s public description)	r/AskReddit is the place to ask and answer thought-provoking questions.	Ask away! Disclaimer: This is an anonymous forum so answers may not be correct
Size r/AskReddit is larger in our directory (about 7.9×).	60M members	7.6M members
Posting activity (our sample)	4,449.7/day	1,172/day
Common post types in our sample	text posts 100%	text posts 100%
Topic tags on SubMouse	Questions & Discussion, Explanations & Q&A	Questions & Discussion
Selected rule titles (short names we collected)	Rule 1 - Questions must be clear and direct and may not use the body textbox; Rule 2 - No personal or professional advice requests; Rule 3 - Open ended questions only; Rule 4 - No personal info; Rule 5 - No loaded questions	Top level comments must contain a genuine human-written attempt at an answer; Please try searching the subreddit for your question first; Be Nice; No medical advice questions; No trolling or joke questions

What they share

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

Overlap without sameness

Our directory lists AskReddit among related communities for NoStupidQuestions. That single direct link helps explain why newcomers confuse them; the short rule titles are what keep the lanes apart. We do not treat other names on either related list as proof these two share a theme.

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. Direct related-list link NoStupidQuestions → AskReddit. Short titles only—no full sidebar copy.

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.