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 574K 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 46K 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: 40K members
Past year (monthly)
- 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: 3K members
- Nov: 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
- “Not one of Wales's 32 constituencies collects more in income tax and National Insurance than it spends on welfare. Across Wales, welfare spending is nearly double what workers pay in, a gap of £3,062 per adult. That is worse than every English region except the North East.” [Image]
- Andy Burnham continues to lead his key opponents on who Britons think would make the better PM. Burnham: 40% (-2 from 26-27 Aug), Badenoch: 28% (+2). Burnham: 50% (-2), Farage: 22% (=). Burnham: 49% (-1), Polanski: 7% (-1). Burnham: 47% (+3), Davey: 7% (-2) .
- Harriet Cross MP: "Yesterday, the country fell silent at 11am to remember those to gave their lives for us. Also at precisely 11am yesterday, the Scottish Government's X account published a post. Not about Remembrance Sunday, but about a Sikh festival."
#17Twitter“Not one of Wales's 32 constituencies collects more in income tax and National Insurance than it spends on welfare. Across Wales, welfare spending is nearly double what workers pay in, a gap of £3,062 per adult. That is worse than every English region except the North East.” [Image] · Andy Burnham continues to lead his key opponents on who Britons think would make the better PM. Burnham: 40% (-2 from 26-27 Aug), Badenoch: 28% (+2). Burnham: 50% (-2), Farage: 22% (=). Burnham: 49% (-1), Polanski: 7% (-1). Burnham: 47% (+3), Davey: 7% (-2) . · Harriet Cross MP: "Yesterday, the country fell silent at 11am to remember those to gave their lives for us. Also at precisely 11am yesterday, the Scottish Government's X account published a post. Not about Remembrance Sunday, but about a Sikh festival." - Ed/OpEd3 posts in the past month
- I wrote Labour’s Brexit red lines. This is why it’s time to scrap them | Chris Ward
- Britain Has Found a Politician Who Actually Knows Finance
- Trump and Badenoch share one disastrous trait – and it could spell Tory doom
#23Ed/OpEdI wrote Labour’s Brexit red lines. This is why it’s time to scrap them | Chris Ward · Britain Has Found a Politician Who Actually Knows Finance · Trump and Badenoch share one disastrous trait – and it could spell Tory doom - Removed - Not UK Politics2 posts in the past month
- Nearly 80 percent of Britons see Israel as a threat to world peace
- Russell Brand sentenced to 10-and- a-half years in prison for rape and sexual assault
#32Removed - Not UK PoliticsNearly 80 percent of Britons see Israel as a threat to world peace · Russell Brand sentenced to 10-and- a-half years in prison for rape and sexual assault - DER KERN video2 posts in the past month
- Genuinely had no idea how many high profile UK politicians (many from Labour) are involved in helping US tech billionaires build the panopticon...
- An explainer / deep dive exploring how the CBS/CNN/TikTok takeovers in the US relate to high profile Labour figures
#42DER KERN videoGenuinely had no idea how many high profile UK politicians (many from Labour) are involved in helping US tech billionaires build the panopticon... · An explainer / deep dive exploring how the CBS/CNN/TikTok takeovers in the US relate to high profile Labour figures - Britain Mapped video1 post in the past month
- What the 2016 referendum map would have looked like if only one group had voted, for 32 groups of voters
#51Britain Mapped videoWhat the 2016 referendum map would have looked like if only one group had voted, for 32 groups of voters
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 574K 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.
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