r/legal
r/legal is a News & Politics community on Reddit with 352,053 members, ranking #79 of 1,830 in News & Politics. Welcome to /r/Legal, a community for discussing legal topics. No advertising, please. Please note that Reddit automoderates posts by new accounts. If you want to post a question, it is best to do so with an established account, or it will not show up.
How big is r/legal?
Created in 2008, r/legal has had over a decade to grow and is a large community by Reddit standards. Within News & Politics it ranks #79 of 1,830 communities we track — the top 4.3% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 244× 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 135 times the size of r/legal. 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/legal on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.
| Members | 352,053 |
|---|---|
| Category | News & Politics |
| Rank in category | #79 of 1,830 |
| Created | 2008 |
| Category median size | 1,442 members |
| Content rating | Work-safe (SFW) |
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