r/Documentaries
r/Documentaries is a Movies & TV community on Reddit with 20,345,336 members, ranking #2 of 2,251 in Movies & TV. tl;dw /r/Documentaries is reddit's main subreddit for documentaries. Please read our community rules.
How big is r/Documentaries?
Created in 2008, r/Documentaries has had over a decade to grow and is one of the largest communities on Reddit by Reddit standards. Within Movies & TV it ranks #2 of 2,251 communities we track — the top 0.1% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 5,867× the median Movies & TV subreddit, which has 3,468 members. It is a work-safe community with no 18+ flag on Reddit.
For scale, the largest Movies & TV community we track is r/movies with 37,529,802 members — roughly 2 times the size of r/Documentaries. 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/Documentaries on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.
| Members | 20,345,336 |
|---|---|
| Category | Movies & TV |
| Rank in category | #2 of 2,251 |
| Created | 2008 |
| Category median size | 3,468 members |
| Content rating | Work-safe (SFW) |
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