r/Anarchism

Updated 2026-10-24

r/Anarchism is a News & Politics community on Reddit with 297,770 members, ranking #89 of 1,830 in News & Politics. Anarchism is a social movement that seeks liberation from oppressive systems of control including but not limited to the state, governmentalism, capitalism, racism, sexism, ableism, speciesism, and religion. Anarchists advocate a self-managed, classless, stateless society without borders, bosses, or rulers where everyone takes collective responsibility for the health and prosperity of themselves a

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How big is r/Anarchism?

Created in 2008, r/Anarchism has had over a decade to grow and is a large community by Reddit standards. Within News & Politics it ranks #89 of 1,830 communities we track — the top 4.9% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 206× the median News & Politics subreddit, which has 1,442 members. It is a work-safe community with no 18+ flag on Reddit.

For scale, the largest News & Politics community we track is r/worldnews with 47,479,601 members — roughly 159 times the size of r/Anarchism. Reddit itself launched in 2005, so a subreddit created in 2008 sits in the early wave of community building on the platform. Subscriber counts indicate reach, not activity — a large community can be quiet, and a smaller one busy. Open r/Anarchism on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.

Members297,770
CategoryNews & Politics
Rank in category#89 of 1,830
Created2008
Category median size1,442 members
Content ratingWork-safe (SFW)

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