r/Jokes vs r/dadjokes
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Open joke room vs dad-joke format
r/Jokes frames itself as a large humor room for jokes posted each day. r/dadjokes narrows that to dad jokes—often verbal or visual puns that earn a groan—and its first rule title is simply that jokes must be dad jokes.
In our directory, Jokes is larger (about 30.4M members, directory rank #15) than dadjokes (about 12.2M, rank #70). Activity samples we collected are similar in volume (~62 posts/day on each side in the window we sampled) and lean heavily toward text posts.
Our directory lists each community among the other’s related names. Choose Jokes for broader joke styles under its best-practices and civility rules; choose dadjokes when the punchline is meant to be a dad-joke pun and the title should leave that punchline out.
- Choose r/Jokes for general jokes under that community’s posting practices.
- Choose r/dadjokes when the joke is specifically a dad joke or punny groaner.
- Similar posting volume in our samples does not mean the rooms want the same joke formats.
Written comparison based on public descriptions and rule titles · updated 2026-11-07.
r/Jokes
Jokes: Get Your Funny On!
The funniest sub on Reddit. Hundreds of jokes posted each day, and some of them aren't even reposts!
- Members
- 30.4M
- 7-day growth
- +1.7K
- Posts/day
- 61.6
- Directory rank
- #15
- Created
- Jan 25, 2008
- Submissions
- Text posts
Sample mix: text posts 100%
Topics: Funny, Jokes
Rule titles (short names we collected)
- Rule 1: Jokes should be offered according to our list of best practices.
- Rule 2: No reposts of recent jokes.
- Rule 3: No bigotry, sexualization of minors, hate-speech, misogyny, or other unwelcome content.
- Rule 4: No spam or spam-enabling activity of any kind.
- Rule 5: Adult-oriented media must be properly tagged.
- Rule 6: Please keep your comments lighthearted and civil.
- Rule 7: Accounts must be in good standing.
- Rule 8: Comments must be original and contributory.
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r/dadjokes
r/DadJokes - the best (and worst) Dad Jokes on reddit
Welcome! This is a friendly place for those cringe-worthy and (maybe) funny attempts at humour that we call dad jokes. Often (but not always) a verbal or visual pun, if it elicited a snort or face palm then our communit…
- Members
- 12.2M
- 7-day growth
- +1.5K
- Posts/day
- 62.8
- Directory rank
- #70
- Created
- Oct 23, 2011
- Submissions
- Text posts
Sample mix: text posts 95%, links 5%
Topics: Jokes
Rule titles (short names we collected)
- Jokes must be dad jokes.
- Bonus points for being opportunistic or punny
- Be civil.
- Leave the punchline out of the title.
- No reposts.
- If you're posting for discussion purposes, label it [META]
- No personal information.
- Do not create spam posts / comments.
- No advertising / promoting!
- If you see a rule violation please report it to the moderators
- Comment karma threshold for posts
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Supported differences
| Aspect | r/Jokes | r/dadjokes |
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| Public focus (from each community’s public description) |
The funniest sub on Reddit. Hundreds of jokes posted each day, and some of them aren't even reposts! |
Welcome! This is a friendly place for those cringe-worthy and (maybe) funny attempts at humour that we call dad jokes. Often (but not always) a verbal or visual pun, if it elicited a snort or face palm then our communit… |
| Size r/Jokes is larger in our directory (about 2.5×). |
30.4M members |
12.2M members |
| Posting activity (our sample) |
61.6/day |
62.8/day |
| Common post types in our sample |
text posts 100% |
text posts 95%, links 5% |
| Topic tags on SubMouse |
Funny, Jokes |
Jokes |
| Selected rule titles (short names we collected) |
Rule 1: Jokes should be offered according to our list of best practices.; Rule 2: No reposts of recent jokes.; Rule 3: No bigotry, sexualization of minors, hate-speech, misogyny, or other unwelcome content.; Rule 4: No spam or spam-enabling activity of any kind.; Rule 5: Adult-oriented media must be properly tagged. |
Jokes must be dad jokes.; Bonus points for being opportunistic or punny; Be civil.; Leave the punchline out of the title.; No reposts. |
What they share
- Shared SubMouse topics: Jokes
- Our directory lists each of these communities on the other’s related list.
Rules and tone we can verify
For r/Jokes we collected short rule titles covering best practices for offering jokes, no recent reposts, no bigotry or unwelcome content, no spam, NSFW tagging, civil comments, account standing, and original comments.
For r/dadjokes: jokes must be dad jokes; civility; leave the punchline out of the title; NSFW tags when needed; no reposts; label discussion as META; no personal information; no spam; no advertising.
Where this comparison comes from
Public titles, descriptions and member counts from SubMouse’s safe-for-work directory (see the date on this page). Short rule titles and posting-activity samples SubMouse collected for both names. Direct directory related-links between Jokes and dadjokes. Rule lines are short titles only — not full sidebar text or post bodies.
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.