r/COVID19
r/COVID19 is a Communities & Discussion community on Reddit with 600,356 members, ranking #211 of 6,870 in Communities & Discussion. In December 2019, SARS-CoV-2 emerged in the city of Wuhan, China. This subreddit seeks to facilitate scientific discussion of this potential global public health threat. We have very strict rules. Please make sure to read them before posting or commenting. Moderators may lock or remove comments or posts at their discretion.
How big is r/COVID19?
Created in 2020, r/COVID19 has had 6 years to grow and is a large community by Reddit standards. Within Communities & Discussion it ranks #211 of 6,870 communities we track — the top 3.1% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 196× the median Communities & Discussion subreddit, which has 3,056 members. It is a work-safe community with no 18+ flag on Reddit.
For scale, the largest Communities & Discussion community we track is r/AskReddit with 59,202,832 members — roughly 99 times the size of r/COVID19. Reddit itself launched in 2005, so a subreddit created in 2020 sits in the later 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/COVID19 on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.
| Members | 600,356 |
|---|---|
| Category | Communities & Discussion |
| Rank in category | #211 of 6,870 |
| Created | 2020 |
| Category median size | 3,056 members |
| Content rating | Work-safe (SFW) |
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