About r/politics
/r/Politics is for news and discussion about U.S. politics.
The community at a glance
r/politics is a Subreddit for Politics with roughly 9.3M members. It uses a forum format for communication. It is the 1st largest community in the Politics topic page.
Roughly 375K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Trump, Looking For A, and Democrats. Common discussion themes are News and Money Talk.
Community Topics
Community Features
This community has a forum
Subreddit Analysis
via GummySearchMember growth over time
All time (yearly)
- 2013: 807K members
- 2014: 0 members
- 2015: 0 members
- 2016: 201K members
- 2017: 387K members
- 2018: 820K members
- 2019: 1.2M members
- 2020: 1.4M members
- 2021: 789K members
- 2023: 605K members
- 2024: 244K members
- 2025: 287K members
- 2026: 311K members
Past year (monthly)
- Nov: 34K members
- Dec: 26K members
- Jan: 43K members
- Feb: 39K members
- Mar: 36K members
- Apr: 40K members
- May: 31K members
- Jun: 26K members
- Jul: 31K members
- Aug: 26K members
- Sep: 22K members
- Oct: 16K members
Themes
- News43 posts in the past month
- If Democrats Win the Senate, They Cannot Mess Around
- 'Senator Collins Paid for the Bullets,' Troy Jackson Says of ICE Killing in Maine
- Justice Dept. demands California prove citizenship for lists of voters or withhold ballots
#143NewsIf Democrats Win the Senate, They Cannot Mess Around · 'Senator Collins Paid for the Bullets,' Troy Jackson Says of ICE Killing in Maine · Justice Dept. demands California prove citizenship for lists of voters or withhold ballots - Money Talk3 posts in the past month
- Inflation Hits Highest Level in Months as Costs From Trump's Illegal War Eat Workers' Paychecks
- Affordability on Americans’ Minds
- The Iran war is costing American households $2,000 each, Moody’s estimates
#23Money TalkInflation Hits Highest Level in Months as Costs From Trump's Illegal War Eat Workers' Paychecks · Affordability on Americans’ Minds · The Iran war is costing American households $2,000 each, Moody’s estimates - Pain & Anger2 posts in the past month
- Anti-War Protestors Interrupt Hegseth, Call Him a “Coward” | “The world fucking hates you!” said one protester. “We fucking hate you! You’re a fucking war criminal, you’re a Nazi! You should be ashamed of yourself!”
- The criticism is fine, but Kimmel calling Zacharia a ‘blonde dolt’ is sexist
#32Pain & AngerAnti-War Protestors Interrupt Hegseth, Call Him a “Coward” | “The world fucking hates you!” said one protester. “We fucking hate you! You’re a fucking war criminal, you’re a Nazi! You should be ashamed of yourself!” · The criticism is fine, but Kimmel calling Zacharia a ‘blonde dolt’ is sexist
Topics
- Trump34 posts in the past month#134Trump
- Looking For A19 posts in the past month#219Looking For A
- Democrats8 posts in the past month#38Democrats
- Iran6 posts in the past month#46Iran
- Worst5 posts in the past month#55Worst
Flair
- No Paywall37 posts in the past month
- 'Senator Collins Paid for the Bullets,' Troy Jackson Says of ICE Killing in Maine
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy feels ‘betrayed’ by Donald Trump over Starlink access
- Trump to appeal order blocking White House from banning MS NOW, CNN and Politico
#137No Paywall'Senator Collins Paid for the Bullets,' Troy Jackson Says of ICE Killing in Maine · Volodymyr Zelenskyy feels ‘betrayed’ by Donald Trump over Starlink access · Trump to appeal order blocking White House from banning MS NOW, CNN and Politico - Possible Paywall36 posts in the past month
- Zelensky: I feel betrayed by Trump
- If Democrats Win the Senate, They Cannot Mess Around
- ‘Spiraling’ Kimberley Guilfoyle’s Post-Firing Meltdown Revealed
#236Possible PaywallZelensky: I feel betrayed by Trump · If Democrats Win the Senate, They Cannot Mess Around · ‘Spiraling’ Kimberley Guilfoyle’s Post-Firing Meltdown Revealed - Non-approved domain9 posts in the past month
- Kash Patel’s ‘From Russia, with Love’ post sparks controversy, FBI responds
- Trump live at 2am. Why?
- Pete Buttigieg Takes Shot at Trump for Checking Out Sen. Jon Husted's Butt
#39Non-approved domainKash Patel’s ‘From Russia, with Love’ post sparks controversy, FBI responds · Trump live at 2am. Why? · Pete Buttigieg Takes Shot at Trump for Checking Out Sen. Jon Husted's Butt - Already Submitted7 posts in the past month
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#47Already Submitted[ Removed by moderator ] · [ Removed by moderator ] · [ Removed by moderator ] - New User Restricted Domains List3 posts in the past month
- Trump’s press secretary studied in China for 2 years while her husband worked in China for a Chinese company that expanded to N Korea and her husband has financial ties to North Korea. And we are supposed to believe that republicans arent the ones with communist ties
- James Dolan, a Former Hochul Supporter, Goes All In on Her G.O.P. Rival
- Abolish the disruptive time change practice
#53New User Restricted Domains ListTrump’s press secretary studied in China for 2 years while her husband worked in China for a Chinese company that expanded to N Korea and her husband has financial ties to North Korea. And we are supposed to believe that republicans arent the ones with communist ties · James Dolan, a Former Hochul Supporter, Goes All In on Her G.O.P. Rival · Abolish the disruptive time change practice
Community Reviews
Frequently asked questions
- Who is r/politics for?
- Best for Politics enthusiasts looking for a Reddit-based community with forum discussion.
- Is r/politics free to join?
- This listing is not marked as paid-only. Access rules and any fees are decided by the community.
- How many members does r/politics have?
- Roughly 9.3M members, based on figures reported by the community or its host. Member counts are approximate and change over time.
- What platform is r/politics on?
- r/politics runs on Reddit. Reddit communities (or "subreddits") are forum-based groups on the popular social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website Reddit. Reddit is commonly known as "the front page of the internet". Users submit content to the site such as links, text posts, and images, which are then voted up or down and discussed by other members. From investing Reddit communities, to professional ones, to ones just for laughs, you're likely to find a community for you on Reddit.
- What topics does r/politics cover?
- On the Hive Index, r/politics is organized under Politics.
- How do I join r/politics?
- You can join r/politics by clicking this link, or pressing the "Go to community" button above.
- What are the Politics communities like?
- Communities for political discussion covering elections, policy, and current events. Reddit has active communities spanning both general politics and specific ideological spaces, with Discord servers for cross-spectrum debate and Quora hosting large political discussion groups.
Monthly Stats
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- Views /mo (+59%)
- 32
- Visitors /mo (+52%)
- 0
- Referrals /mo (-100%)
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