About r/ukpolitics
Political news and debate concerning the United Kingdom. The rules of the subreddit can be found in detail here: https://www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/wiki/rules
The community at a glance
r/ukpolitics is a Subreddit for Politics with roughly 572K members. It has been around since 2008. It uses a forum format for communication. It is the 2nd largest community in the Politics topic page.
Roughly 45K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Uk, Labour, and Struggling.
Community Topics
Community Features
This community has a forum
Subreddit Analysis
via GummySearchMember growth over time
All time (yearly)
- 2013: 6K members
- 2014: 7K members
- 2015: 14K members
- 2016: 26K members
- 2017: 51K members
- 2020: 231K members
- 2021: 41K members
- 2022: 71K members
- 2023: 13K members
- 2024: 33K members
- 2025: 25K members
- 2026: 38K members
Past year (monthly)
- Nov: 4K members
- Dec: 3K members
- Jan: 4K members
- Feb: 3K members
- Mar: 3K members
- Apr: 3K members
- May: 5K members
- Jun: 5K members
- Jul: 7K members
- Aug: 3K members
- Sep: 4K members
- Oct: 2K members
Topics
- Uk109 posts in the past month#1109Uk
- Labour46 posts in the past month#246Labour
- Struggling34 posts in the past month#334Struggling
- Reform26 posts in the past month#426Reform
- Politics18 posts in the past month#518Politics
Flair
- Twitter7 posts in the past month
- Sarah Helm, Journalist Sunday Times, wife of Jonathan Powell the UK National Security Adviser:”God help us authors who support Palestine and Palestine Action. Sounds like Adam would have all our books swept off the shelves in a jiffy.”
- Patrick Christys:”Jonathan Powell's wife has just doubled down. He's our National Security Advisor and our Chief Negotiator with Israel. His wife is facing allegations that she supports banned terrorist organisation Palestine Action.“
- Zarah Sultana MP : "Solidarity with the students! ✊🏽🇫🇷"
#17TwitterSarah Helm, Journalist Sunday Times, wife of Jonathan Powell the UK National Security Adviser:”God help us authors who support Palestine and Palestine Action. Sounds like Adam would have all our books swept off the shelves in a jiffy.” · Patrick Christys:”Jonathan Powell's wife has just doubled down. He's our National Security Advisor and our Chief Negotiator with Israel. His wife is facing allegations that she supports banned terrorist organisation Palestine Action.“ · Zarah Sultana MP : "Solidarity with the students! ✊🏽🇫🇷" - |2 posts in the past month
- NHS England tells hospitals to bar trans women from female wards
- Civil servants told: Don’t challenge trans women over female toilets
#22|NHS England tells hospitals to bar trans women from female wards · Civil servants told: Don’t challenge trans women over female toilets - Removed - Not UK Politics1 post in the past month
- Wife of Andy Burnham's top aide backs Palestine Action
#31Removed - Not UK PoliticsWife of Andy Burnham's top aide backs Palestine Action - Removed - Repost / Similar Already Posted1 post in the past month
- Army chief says politicians to start 'frank conversation' with public to prepare for war
#41Removed - Repost / Similar Already PostedArmy chief says politicians to start 'frank conversation' with public to prepare for war - Ed/OpEd1 post in the past month
- Farage's biggest weakness will be exposed by an early election
#51Ed/OpEdFarage's biggest weakness will be exposed by an early election
Community Reviews
Frequently asked questions
- Who is r/ukpolitics for?
- Best for Politics enthusiasts looking for a Reddit-based community with forum discussion.
- Is r/ukpolitics 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/ukpolitics have?
- Roughly 572K members, based on figures reported by the community or its host. Member counts are approximate and change over time.
- What platform is r/ukpolitics on?
- r/ukpolitics 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/ukpolitics cover?
- On the Hive Index, r/ukpolitics is organized under Politics.
- How do I join r/ukpolitics?
- You can join r/ukpolitics 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
- 13
- Views /mo (+117%)
- 12
- Visitors /mo (+100%)
- 2
- Referrals /mo
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