r/nba vs r/Basketball

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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r/nba is a community for NBA discussion. r/Basketball invites chat about playing and watching across NBA, WNBA, NCAA, G-League, EuroLeague and FIBA events.

Both have SubMouse pages (nba about 17.3M, rank #52; Basketball about 1.7M, rank #634). nba’s activity sample is much busier (roughly 228 posts/day, mix of video and text) than Basketball (roughly 14).

Each lists the other as related. Collected titles keep nba on-topic to the NBA and ban fake news/self-promo/trolling. Basketball bans “how tall will I be,” “is it too late / can I make the NBA,” and love-lost vent posts, and limits self-YouTube without participation. Follow NBA news in nba; bring multi-league or playing questions to Basketball.

r/nba: NBA-relevant posts; civility; no fake news/self-promo (collected titles).
r/Basketball: playing/watching across leagues; no height/NBA-dream spam posts (collected titles).
They list each other as related. Both have full SubMouse community pages.

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

r/nba

NBA

A community for NBA discussion.

Members: 17.3M
7-day growth: +8K
Posts/day: 227.6
Directory rank: #52
Created: Nov 4, 2008
Submissions: Text or links

Sample mix: videos 46%, text posts 46%, images 6%

Topics: NBA & Basketball

Rule titles (short names we collected)

Be civil and respectful
No trolling or baiting users
No racist, sexist, or homophobic language
No reposts
No fake news
No self-promotion
Posts and comments must be relevant to the NBA
Stats/Player Tweets/Quotes/Misc. Media are self-post only and must be sourced

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r/Basketball

Basketball

r/Basketball is a community of hoops fans to chat about playing and watching the game. All leagues are open for discussion including NBA, WNBA, NCAA, G-League, EuroLeague, as well as FIBA events. Keep it clean!

Members: 1.7M
7-day growth: +373
Posts/day: 14.1
Directory rank: #634
Created: Apr 13, 2008
Submissions: Text or links

Sample mix: text posts 66%, links 27%, videos 6%

Topics: NBA & Basketball

Rule titles (short names we collected)

You cannot post your own YouTube videos without being an active participant in r/Basketball.
You cannot post to your own website unless you are abiding by Reddit's rules for self-promotion.
Instant ban for: - racism - sexism - homophobia - bigotry
No How Tall Will I Be Posts
NO "Is it too late to Start Playing" or "Can I make the NBA posts" or "Should I quit"
NO I lost my love for basketball, help me

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Supported differences

Aspect	r/nba	r/Basketball
Public focus (from each community’s public description)	A community for NBA discussion.	r/Basketball is a community of hoops fans to chat about playing and watching the game. All leagues are open for discussion including NBA, WNBA, NCAA, G-League, EuroLeague, as well as FIBA events. Keep it clean!
Size r/nba is larger in our directory (about 10.3×).	17.3M members	1.7M members
Posting activity (our sample)	227.6/day	14.1/day
Common post types in our sample	videos 46%, text posts 46%, images 6%	text posts 66%, links 27%, videos 6%
Selected rule titles (short names we collected)	Be civil and respectful; No trolling or baiting users; No racist, sexist, or homophobic language; No reposts; No fake news	You cannot post your own YouTube videos without being an active participant in r/Basketball.; You cannot post to your own website unless you are abiding by Reddit's rules for self-promotion.; Instant ban for: - racism - sexism - homophobia - bigotry; No How Tall Will I Be Posts; NO "Is it too late to Start Playing" or "Can I make the NBA posts" or "Should I quit"

What they share

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

Rules and tone we can verify

nba: Be civil; no trolling/baiting; no bigoted language; no reposts; no fake news; no self-promotion; must be relevant to the NBA. Basketball: limits on self YouTube/websites; instant ban for bigotry; No How Tall Will I Be; no “too late / make the NBA / should I quit”; no “lost my love for basketball” help posts.

Where this comparison comes from

Public descriptions, member counts and related links from SubMouse’s safe-for-work directory. Short rule titles and activity samples collected for both. 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.