r/news vs r/worldnews

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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US-inclusive news desk vs world news without US-internal items

r/news describes itself as the place for news articles about current events in the United States and the rest of the world. r/worldnews is for major news from around the world, excluding US-internal news.

Both are huge Top-cut link communities (news about 31.6M, rank #14; worldnews about 47.7M, rank #4). Activity samples are link-dominated for both, with worldnews busier in our window (roughly 159 vs 81 posts per day).

Collected short rule titles encode the geo split and shared hard-news norms. worldnews leads with “No US Internal News or Politics,” bans editorials/opinion/analysis, non-English articles, and image/video/audio clips. news requires articles about a specific news event, bans opinion/advocacy pieces and primarily political articles, and insists titles match the article. Post a US-domestic story to news (when it fits); keep worldnews for non-US-internal international coverage.

r/news: US and world hard-news articles; no opinion/advocacy (collected titles).
r/worldnews: world news excluding US-internal politics/news (collected title).
Both are link-first in our samples. Both have full SubMouse community pages.

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

r/news

News

The place for news articles about current events in the United States and the rest of the world. Discuss it all here.

Members: 31.6M
7-day growth: +7.4K
Posts/day: 81.2
Directory rank: #14
Created: Jan 25, 2008
Submissions: Link posts

Sample mix: links 100%, images 0%

Topics: News

Rule titles (short names we collected)

Submissions must be articles about a specific news event
No opinion/analysis or advocacy pieces
Articles must not be primarily concerning politics
No editorialized titles; Title must match article title
No paywalls/blogspam that steals content
No posts covering an already submitted story
Do not be racist, sexist, vitriolic, or overly crude
Do not be unnecessarily rude or provocative
No cheap or distracting jokes or memes
No witchhunting. Follow the Reddit Content Policy.
Do not advocate or celebrate death
No bots/Novelty accounts

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r/worldnews

World News

A place for major news from around the world, excluding US-internal news.

Members: 47.7M
7-day growth: +12K
Posts/day: 159.4
Directory rank: #4
Created: Jan 25, 2008
Submissions: Link posts

Sample mix: links 98%, videos 2%

Topics: News

Rule titles (short names we collected)

No US Internal News or Politics
No Editorialized or Misleading Titles
No Feature stories
No Editorials, Opinion or Analysis Pieces
No Articles In Languages Other Than English
No Images, Videos or Audio Clips
No Old News Articles (≥ 1 Week old)
Your content might be removed if /r/worldnews is not the appropriate subreddit for the story.
No Bigotry or Other Offensive Content
No Personal Attacks On Other Users
No chatGPT bots or copy/paste bots

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Supported differences

Aspect	r/news	r/worldnews
Public focus (from each community’s public description)	The place for news articles about current events in the United States and the rest of the world. Discuss it all here.	A place for major news from around the world, excluding US-internal news.
Size r/worldnews is larger in our directory (about 1.5×).	31.6M members	47.7M members
Posting activity (our sample)	81.2/day	159.4/day
Common post types in our sample	links 100%, images 0%	links 98%, videos 2%
Selected rule titles (short names we collected)	Submissions must be articles about a specific news event; No opinion/analysis or advocacy pieces; Articles must not be primarily concerning politics; No editorialized titles; Title must match article title; No paywalls/blogspam that steals content	No US Internal News or Politics; No Editorialized or Misleading Titles; No Feature stories; No Editorials, Opinion or Analysis Pieces; No Articles In Languages Other Than English

What they share

Shared SubMouse topics: News

Rule titles that matter for choosers

news: submissions must be articles about a specific news event; no opinion/analysis/advocacy; articles must not be primarily concerning politics; titles must match the article; no paywalls/blogspam; no duplicate stories. worldnews: No US Internal News or Politics; no editorialized/misleading titles; no feature stories; no editorials/opinion/analysis; English only; no images/videos/audio; no articles ≥1 week old.

Where this comparison comes from

Public descriptions and member counts 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.