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r/Coffee vs r/espresso

A short written comparison using the same directory stats and rule titles as the live tool.

r/Coffee vs r/espresso

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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General coffee community vs espresso-focused practice

r/Coffee is a general coffee discussion room. r/espresso concentrates on espresso brewing—machines, technique and gear culture.

In our directory Coffee is about 2.5M members (rank #447); espresso resolved at about 0.65M without a Top-1000 rank in the same snapshot. Activity samples show espresso busier (~104 posts/day vs ~28), typical of a specialized troubleshooting/gear room.

Rule titles: Coffee emphasizes coffee focus, limits low-effort questions, bans elitist nonsense and affiliate shilling. espresso tells people to read the wiki first, use flair, bans boxed-equipment flex photos and purchase screenshots, and keeps posts relevant to espresso.

  • Ask general bean/brew/cafe questions on r/Coffee.
  • Take machine dial-in, espresso gear and technique questions to r/espresso (after the wiki).
  • Neither sits in the live Top 100 cut—SubMouse links go through the info tool when no full /r/ page exists.

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

r/Coffee

Coffee

/r/Coffee is back - for now - and talking about itself, in addition to coffee.

Members
2.5M
7-day growth
+3.9K
Posts/day
28.2
Directory rank
#447
Created
May 15, 2008
Submissions
Text or links

Sample mix: text posts 60%, images 26%, galleries 8%

Topics: Coffee

Rule titles (short names we collected)

  • Coffee Focus
  • Images & Video
  • Low-Effort Post or Question
  • Be Civil
  • Elitist Nonsense
  • Promotion
  • Shilling / Sockpuppetry
  • Affiliates & Referrals
  • Product Release & Pre-Release Hype
  • No Crowdfunding Projects
  • No Surveys / Market Research
  • Medical Advice

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r/espresso

espresso: strong, potent coffee news for strong, potent coffee lovers.

The place to discuss the beans, brewing, and tools used to make the style of coffee known as "espresso", and all the forms it takes. New to espresso? Check out our "Brewing Basics" guide and Frequently Asked Questions i…

Members
650.1K
7-day growth
n/a
Posts/day
104.1
Directory rank
n/a
Created
May 8, 2010
Submissions
Text or links

Sample mix: text posts 64%, images 16%, videos 10%

Topics: Coffee

Rule titles (short names we collected)

  • Be civil
  • Keep things relevant to espresso
  • Read the Wiki first
  • Use the right flair & follow posting guidelines
  • No low-effort text posts or questions
  • No screenshots of purchases or photos of boxed equipment
  • Promotions & advertising
  • Don't sell or ask how much your gear is worth
  • No AI-generated content
  • Repetitive posts/spam

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Supported differences

Aspectr/Coffeer/espresso
Public focus (from each community’s public description) /r/Coffee is back - for now - and talking about itself, in addition to coffee. The place to discuss the beans, brewing, and tools used to make the style of coffee known as "espresso", and all the forms it takes. New to espresso? Check out our "Brewing Basics" guide and Frequently Asked Questions i…
Size
r/Coffee is larger in our directory (about 3.8×).
 2.5M members 650.1K members
Posting activity (our sample) 28.2/day 104.1/day
Common post types in our sample text posts 60%, images 26%, galleries 8% text posts 64%, images 16%, videos 10%
Selected rule titles (short names we collected) Coffee Focus; Images & Video; Low-Effort Post or Question; Be Civil; Elitist Nonsense Be civil; Keep things relevant to espresso; Read the Wiki first; Use the right flair & follow posting guidelines; No low-effort text posts or questions

What they share

  • Shared SubMouse topics: Coffee

Where this comparison comes from

Coffee members/rank from the SFW directory; espresso members via SubMouse resolve of public directory/archive data. 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.