r/legaladvice vs r/LegalAdviceUK

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

Swap sides New comparison Related to r/legaladvice Related to r/LegalAdviceUK

Legal advice room vs UK legal advice room

r/legaladvice is a place to ask simple legal questions. r/LegalAdviceUK exists to help people needing legal support in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, operating as “legal triage” that points posters toward resolving issues themselves or toward a professional.

In our directory, legaladvice is larger (about 3.6M, rank #275) than LegalAdviceUK (about 1.4M, rank #776) and posts more often (~182 posts/day vs ~98). Both samples are almost entirely text. legaladvice flairs cover Employment, Criminal, Landlord Tenant Housing and Custody/Divorce; LegalAdviceUK’s include Debt & Money, Housing, Traffic & Parking, Civil Litigation and Scotland. Our directory lists each among the other’s related communities.

Rule titles: legaladvice requires you to include your location and limits replies to legal information; LegalAdviceUK accepts UK questions only and excludes immigration, visa and citizenship questions. Neither replaces a qualified lawyer.

Choose r/LegalAdviceUK if the issue falls under UK law (except immigration, visa and citizenship questions).
Choose r/legaladvice for other locations — and state where you are, as its rules require.
Both ban PM requests and advising media exposure; treat answers as a starting point, not representation.

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

r/legaladvice

Legal Advice ~ A place to get simple legal advice*

A place to ask simple legal questions.

Members: 3.6M
7-day growth: +3.6K
Posts/day: 181.7
Directory rank: #275
Created: Oct 26, 2009
Submissions: Text posts

Sample mix: text posts 100%

Topics: Advice

Rule titles (short names we collected)

All responses must contain legal information/answers only. No off-topic or anecdotal comments.
Do Not Give Illegal Advice
Do Not Advise Media Exposure
Personally Identifying Information
Personal Attacks Prohibited
Advertising or Recommending a Lawyer or Business
Troll Post
Duplicate Post
Requesting PM
Include your location
Read our full list of rules

Open r/legaladvice on SubMouse

r/LegalAdviceUK

Legal Advice UK - Legal help and advice for those in England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland

LegalAdviceUK exists to provide help for those in need of legal support in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. We operate as a form of "legal triage" where commenters can guide posters towards resolving issue…

Members: 1.4M
7-day growth: +2.4K
Posts/day: 97.8
Directory rank: #776
Created: Jul 5, 2014
Submissions: Text posts

Sample mix: text posts 93%, images 6%, links 1%

Topics: Advice, United Kingdom

Rule titles (short names we collected)

Legal questions and advice from the UK only
Replies must be on-topic, helpful and legal
Be polite, civil and keep replies constructive
Trolling or disruptive users, comments and threads
Don't report bad, incorrect or inaccurate advice
Do not approach, or ask users to approach you, via PM
Referrals, firms and organisations
Don't ask or advise how to get away with breaking the law
Do not advise people to contact the media
No immigration, visa, or citizenship questions
Moderator discretion
Don't worry about incorrect flairs

Open r/LegalAdviceUK on SubMouse

Supported differences

Aspect	r/legaladvice	r/LegalAdviceUK
Public focus (from each community’s public description)	A place to ask simple legal questions.	LegalAdviceUK exists to provide help for those in need of legal support in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. We operate as a form of "legal triage" where commenters can guide posters towards resolving issue…
Size r/legaladvice is larger in our directory (about 2.6×).	3.6M members	1.4M members
Posting activity (our sample)	181.7/day	97.8/day
Common post types in our sample	text posts 100%	text posts 93%, images 6%, links 1%
Topic tags on SubMouse	Advice	Advice, United Kingdom
Selected rule titles (short names we collected)	All responses must contain legal information/answers only. No off-topic or anecdotal comments.; Do Not Give Illegal Advice; Do Not Advise Media Exposure; Personally Identifying Information; Personal Attacks Prohibited	Legal questions and advice from the UK only; Replies must be on-topic, helpful and legal; Be polite, civil and keep replies constructive; Trolling or disruptive users, comments and threads; Don't report bad, incorrect or inaccurate advice

What they share

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

Rules and posting patterns we can verify

legaladvice short titles include: Responses must contain legal information only; Do Not Give Illegal Advice; Do Not Advise Media Exposure; Personally Identifying Information; Personal Attacks Prohibited; Advertising or Recommending a Lawyer or Business; Duplicate Post; Requesting PM; Include your location.

LegalAdviceUK: Legal questions and advice from the UK only; Replies must be on-topic, helpful and legal; Be polite and constructive; Do not approach via PM; Referrals, firms and organisations; Don’t ask or advise how to get away with breaking the law; Do not advise people to contact the media; No immigration, visa, or citizenship questions.

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: legaladvice-vs-law.

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.