r/ExplainTheJoke
r/ExplainTheJoke is a Memes & Humor community on Reddit with 1,825,854 members, ranking #28 of 1,897 in Memes & Humor. Your friend sent you a meme and you don't get it? Random image has everyone laughing and you're too dense to understand? Verbal joke a friend said, and you wanna type it out and ask the internet what the punchline was? We've got you.
How big is r/ExplainTheJoke?
Created in 2012, r/ExplainTheJoke has had over a decade to grow and is a major community by Reddit standards. Within Memes & Humor it ranks #28 of 1,897 communities we track — the top 1.5% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 1,660× the median Memes & Humor subreddit, which has 1,100 members. It is a work-safe community with no 18+ flag on Reddit.
For scale, the largest Memes & Humor community we track is r/memes with 35,919,286 members — roughly 20 times the size of r/ExplainTheJoke. Reddit itself launched in 2005, so a subreddit created in 2012 sits in the middle 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/ExplainTheJoke on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.
| Members | 1,825,854 |
|---|---|
| Category | Memes & Humor |
| Rank in category | #28 of 1,897 |
| Created | 2012 |
| Category median size | 1,100 members |
| Content rating | Work-safe (SFW) |
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