r/CryptoCurrency vs r/Bitcoin
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r/CryptoCurrency describes itself as a leading community for cryptocurrency news, discussion and analysis. r/Bitcoin’s public description presents Bitcoin as decentralized internet money and keeps the topic on Bitcoin itself.
In our directory, CryptoCurrency is larger (about 10.2M, rank #79) than Bitcoin (about 8.2M, rank #95). Activity samples show CryptoCurrency posting somewhat more often (~82 posts/day vs ~65). Both samples mix text with images and links. Our directory lists each name among the other’s related communities.
Rule titles make the scope difference explicit: Bitcoin bans promoting altcoins and contentious hard forks and says the primary topic is Bitcoin; CryptoCurrency’s collected titles cover spam, manipulation, illegal activity and on-topic standards across crypto.
- Choose r/CryptoCurrency for multi-asset crypto news, advice and market discussion under its content rules.
- Choose r/Bitcoin when the post is about Bitcoin itself—altcoin promotion is banned there.
- Both are inside the current Top 100 live window on SubMouse.
Written comparison based on public descriptions and rule titles · updated 2026-11-07.
r/CryptoCurrency
Cryptocurrency News & Discussion
The leading community for cryptocurrency news, discussion, and analysis.
- Members
- 10.2M
- 7-day growth
- +2.7K
- Posts/day
- 81.8
- Directory rank
- #79
- Created
- Mar 11, 2013
- Submissions
- Text or links
Sample mix: text posts 50%, links 24%, images 18%
Topics: Cryptocurrency, News
Rule titles (short names we collected)
- Core Principles
- Spam
- Manipulation
- Illegal Activity
- Content Standards
- Personal Information
- Content Theft
- On Topic Discussion
- Suitable Titles and Flairs
- Communicate With the Mod Team
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r/Bitcoin
Bitcoin - The Currency of the Internet
Bitcoin is the currency of the Internet: a distributed, worldwide, decentralized digital money. Unlike traditional currencies such as dollars, bitcoins are issued and managed without any central authority whatsoever: th…
- Members
- 8.2M
- 7-day growth
- +3.1K
- Posts/day
- 65.2
- Directory rank
- #95
- Created
- Sep 9, 2010
- Submissions
- Text or links
Sample mix: text posts 55%, images 26%, links 9%
Topics: Cryptocurrency
Rule titles (short names we collected)
- No malicious content
- No trolling
- Do not promote altcoins
- The primary topic is Bitcoin
- Avoid repetition
- No begging
- No trading
- No faucets
- No URL shorteners or referrals
- Do not promote contentious hard forks
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Supported differences
| Aspect | r/CryptoCurrency | r/Bitcoin |
|---|
| Public focus (from each community’s public description) |
The leading community for cryptocurrency news, discussion, and analysis. |
Bitcoin is the currency of the Internet: a distributed, worldwide, decentralized digital money. Unlike traditional currencies such as dollars, bitcoins are issued and managed without any central authority whatsoever: th… |
| Size r/CryptoCurrency is larger in our directory. |
10.2M members |
8.2M members |
| Posting activity (our sample) |
81.8/day |
65.2/day |
| Common post types in our sample |
text posts 50%, links 24%, images 18% |
text posts 55%, images 26%, links 9% |
| Topic tags on SubMouse |
Cryptocurrency, News |
Cryptocurrency |
| Selected rule titles (short names we collected) |
Core Principles; Spam; Manipulation; Illegal Activity; Content Standards |
No malicious content; No trolling; Do not promote altcoins; The primary topic is Bitcoin; Avoid repetition |
What they share
- Shared SubMouse topics: Cryptocurrency
- Our directory lists each of these communities on the other’s related list.
Rules and tone we can verify
CryptoCurrency short titles include: core principles; spam; manipulation; illegal activity; content standards; personal information; content theft; on-topic discussion; suitable titles and flairs; communicate with the mod team. Our sample flairs include discussion, advice, analysis and general news.
Bitcoin: no malicious content; no trolling; do not promote altcoins; primary topic is Bitcoin; avoid repetition; no begging; no trading; no faucets; no URL shorteners or referrals; do not promote contentious hard forks.
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. Mutual related-list links. 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.