r/europe vs r/AskEurope

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Europe news room vs Ask Europe question room

r/europe presents itself as one subreddit for the whole continent. r/AskEurope’s description is simply: ask Europeans questions about their countries.

In our directory, europe is far larger (about 11.7M, rank #74) than AskEurope (about 1.7M, rank #642) and posts more often (~106 posts/day vs ~25). europe’s sample is overwhelmingly link posts with News, Data, Opinion Article and Map flairs; AskEurope’s sample is entirely text, flaired Culture, Politics, Misc, Language, Education and Food. Our directory lists each among the other’s related communities.

Rule titles: europe bans off-topic posts, news older than one month, duplicates, memes and non-OC photos on weekdays; AskEurope requires a clear question title and bans low-effort questions, agenda pushing and repeats from the last two weeks.

Choose r/europe to share or follow recent European news, maps and data.
Choose r/AskEurope to ask people how something works or feels in their country.
europe is a Top 100 community; AskEurope is smaller and text-only.

Written comparison based on public descriptions and rule titles · updated 2026-11-07.

r/europe

Europe

Europe: 50 (+6) countries, 230 languages, 746M people… 1 subreddit.

Members: 11.7M
7-day growth: +2.7K
Posts/day: 105.5
Directory rank: #74
Created: Jan 25, 2008
Submissions: Link posts

Sample mix: links 77%, images 16%, videos 6%

Topics: Europe

Rule titles (short names we collected)

No Off-Topic posts
No News articles older than 1 month
No Racism, Sexism, Homophobia, Genocide Denial etc
No duplicate posts
No Image macros, memes, reaction gifs and similar
No Personal Attacks
No non-OC photo posts on weekdays

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r/AskEurope

Ask Europe

Ask Europeans questions about their countries!

Members: 1.7M
7-day growth: +869
Posts/day: 24.9
Directory rank: #642
Created: Jun 15, 2012
Submissions: Text posts

Sample mix: text posts 100%

Topics: Europe, Explanations & Q&A

Rule titles (short names we collected)

Be polite and courteous to everybody.
Keep comments relevant and of decent quality.
Submissions must be a question with a clear title.
No low effort and unsuitable questions.
No agenda pushing.
No similar questions that have been asked in the last two weeks.

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Supported differences

Aspect	r/europe	r/AskEurope
Public focus (from each community’s public description)	Europe: 50 (+6) countries, 230 languages, 746M people… 1 subreddit.	Ask Europeans questions about their countries!
Size r/europe is larger in our directory (about 7×).	11.7M members	1.7M members
Posting activity (our sample)	105.5/day	24.9/day
Common post types in our sample	links 77%, images 16%, videos 6%	text posts 100%
Allowed submission type (meta)	Link posts	Text posts
Topic tags on SubMouse	Europe	Europe, Explanations & Q&A
Selected rule titles (short names we collected)	No Off-Topic posts; No News articles older than 1 month; No Racism, Sexism, Homophobia, Genocide Denial etc; No duplicate posts; No Image macros, memes, reaction gifs and similar	Be polite and courteous to everybody.; Keep comments relevant and of decent quality.; Submissions must be a question with a clear title.; No low effort and unsuitable questions.; No agenda pushing.

What they share

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

Rules and posting patterns we can verify

europe short titles include: No Off-Topic posts; No News articles older than 1 month; No Racism, Sexism, Homophobia, Genocide Denial etc; No duplicate posts; No Image macros, memes, reaction gifs; No Personal Attacks; No non-OC photo posts on weekdays.

AskEurope: Be polite and courteous; Keep comments relevant and of decent quality; Submissions must be a question with a clear title; No low effort and unsuitable questions; No agenda pushing; No similar questions asked in the last two weeks.

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. Mutual related-list links. Related curated page: europetravel-vs-travel.

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.