r/chessbeginners
r/chessbeginners is a Hobbies & Collecting community on Reddit with 404,605 members, ranking #51 of 1,787 in Hobbies & Collecting. A place for new chess players to hang out, ask questions, discover tactics, get advice from others and learn more about the game: This is the r/chessbeginners subreddit.
How big is r/chessbeginners?
Created in 2014, r/chessbeginners has had over a decade to grow and is a large community by Reddit standards. Within Hobbies & Collecting it ranks #51 of 1,787 communities we track — the top 2.9% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 571× the median Hobbies & Collecting subreddit, which has 708 members. It is a work-safe community with no 18+ flag on Reddit.
For scale, the largest Hobbies & Collecting community we track is r/nosleep with 18,198,497 members — roughly 45 times the size of r/chessbeginners. Reddit itself launched in 2005, so a subreddit created in 2014 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/chessbeginners on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.
| Members | 404,605 |
|---|---|
| Category | Hobbies & Collecting |
| Rank in category | #51 of 1,787 |
| Created | 2014 |
| Category median size | 708 members |
| Content rating | Work-safe (SFW) |
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