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Best Teaching Subreddits (November 2026)

Most teaching talk on Reddit happens in a few big places, but the smaller communities are where the specialists are. We checked the communities Reddit returns for “teaching” and “teachers”, kept the public, safe-for-work ones with at least 25,000 members that are still posting, and ranked the 11 that remain by size. Together they have 3M members.

How the teaching communities compare

Membership is concentrated: the three largest communities hold 90% of all members on this list, so most of the teaching conversation happens in a handful of places. r/Teachers is both the biggest and the busiest, with about 103 new posts a day. Per member, the liveliest is r/AskTeachers: 38 posts a day from 30.5K members — a smaller crowd, but an engaged one. The oldest is r/Teachers, founded in 2008, and only one community here is younger than five years: r/TeachersInTransition (2022).

The 11 biggest teaching subreddits

  1. r/Teachers 2,439,768 members · ~103 posts/day · +2.5K since Oct 26 · since 2008

    Dedicated to open discussion about all things teaching. Please read the rules before posting. Mail sent directly to mods instead of modmail will be ignored. ██████████ ██████████ Brand new & low karma accounts: please be aware yo…

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    r/teaching ↗ 152,541 members · since 2009

    Teaching: news, resources, and tips for teachers of all levels of education

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    r/TEFL ↗ 79,149 members · ~5.3 posts/day · since 2008

    Questions and discussion about everything related to Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) around the world.

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    r/TeachingUK ↗ 49,415 members · ~8.3 posts/day · since 2013

    A place for teachers and school staff who are based in the UK.

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    r/ScienceTeachers ↗ 44,882 members · ~5.6 posts/day · since 2010

    /r/ScienceTeachers is a place for science educators to collaborate and contribute tips, ideas, labs, and curricula. We encourage the sharing of interesting studies, experiments, videos and articles that will interest students of …

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    r/AustralianTeachers ↗ 41,009 members · ~17 posts/day · since 2017

    A community primarily for Australian teachers to discuss the profession. Our community is open to all individuals interested in teaching and learning, focusing on providing support and resources for Australian teachers. We welcom…

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    r/TeachersInTransition ↗ 40,148 members · ~22 posts/day · since 2022

    r/Teachers sister-sub for discussing resignations and career transitions.

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    r/SubstituteTeachers ↗ 36,637 members · ~29 posts/day · since 2012

    All about substitute-teaching! Please add your user flair so we know where you are!

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    r/AskTeachers ↗ 30,460 members · ~38 posts/day · since 2014

    Whether you are a teacher or a student, this subreddit is for you to ask those burning questions of a teacher. Keep it school appropriate, of course. That said, this is NOT a subreddit for surveys or the like.

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    r/Internationalteachers ↗ 29,919 members · ~15 posts/day · since 2015

    This is a subreddit created for certified and qualified teachers who teach in international schools - wherever they may be. This is a place to share information and discuss issues related to teaching in international schools. New…

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    r/OnlineESLTeaching ↗ 29,442 members · ~12 posts/day · since 2018

    A place to discuss the companies, practices and experience of teaching English as a Second Language to students online.

Choosing where to post

For beginner questions, r/AskTeachers is the natural first stop — it exists for advice, and roughly 38 new threads a day keep it moving. Asking the same thing in r/Teachers often gets it removed or lost among the 103 daily posts. There are regional communities too — r/TeachingUK and r/AustralianTeachers — which are the better choice for local prices, shops, events or rules.

Big subreddits give a post the widest audience, but they also bury it quickly; the mid-sized communities on this list are usually friendlier for questions and first posts. Always read the rules in the sidebar first — each community is run by its own volunteer moderators. Our guide to searching Reddit explains how to dig through any of these communities, and the subreddit info tool gives you the stats of one we don't list.

Frequently asked questions

Which teaching subreddit has the most members?

r/Teachers is the largest, with 2,439,768 members, followed by r/teaching (152.5K) and r/TEFL (79.1K).

Where are the most new teaching posts?

By new posts per day, r/Teachers leads with about 103, ahead of r/AskTeachers (38). Counts are averages over the last seven days.

Which teaching subreddit is best for questions?

r/AskTeachers is the one built around questions and advice, with about 38 new posts a day. Check its rules and search it first — common questions have usually been answered.

How many teaching communities are on this list?

We list 11 active, safe-for-work teaching communities with at least 25,000 members each, 3M members in total (people can be in several). Reddit has many smaller ones too; our guide on searching Reddit shows how to find them.

What is the oldest teaching subreddit?

r/TEFL, created on Dec 20, 2008.

Are these teaching subreddits safe for work?

Yes. Every community on this page is public and not marked 18+ by Reddit, and we filter out communities whose name or description points to adult content.

Data: Reddit's public subreddit search and the Arctic Shift archive (Nov 6, 2026), growth from SubMouse's weekly snapshots. Member counts of communities outside our Top 1000 come from the archive and can lag a little. Not affiliated with Reddit.