r/mlb
r/mlb is a Sports community on Reddit with 3,108,345 members, ranking #13 of 1,755 in Sports. Subreddit for Major League Baseball. Reddit’s #1 MLB Discussion Community. From discussions, news, analysis, and highlights from all thirty teams.
How big is r/mlb?
Created in 2009, r/mlb has had over a decade to grow and is a major community by Reddit standards. Within Sports it ranks #13 of 1,755 communities we track — the top 0.7% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 4,403× the median Sports subreddit, which has 706 members. It is a work-safe community with no 18+ flag on Reddit.
For scale, the largest Sports community we track is r/sports with 22,086,773 members — roughly 7 times the size of r/mlb. Reddit itself launched in 2005, so a subreddit created in 2009 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/mlb on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.
| Members | 3,108,345 |
|---|---|
| Category | Sports |
| Rank in category | #13 of 1,755 |
| Created | 2009 |
| Category median size | 706 members |
| Content rating | Work-safe (SFW) |
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