r/puns
r/puns is an AI & Machine Learning community on Reddit with 1,040,381 members, ranking #48 of 3,604 in AI & Machine Learning. The largest community of punsters on the Internet. Repost bots will be banned on sight. AI images are allowed in puns.
How big is r/puns?
Created in 2008, r/puns has had over a decade to grow and is a major community by Reddit standards. Within AI & Machine Learning it ranks #48 of 3,604 communities we track — the top 1.3% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 511× the median AI & Machine Learning subreddit, which has 2,036 members. It is a work-safe community with no 18+ flag on Reddit.
For scale, the largest AI & Machine Learning community we track is r/explainlikeimfive with 23,613,002 members — roughly 23 times the size of r/puns. 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/puns on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.
| Members | 1,040,381 |
|---|---|
| Category | AI & Machine Learning |
| Rank in category | #48 of 3,604 |
| Created | 2008 |
| Category median size | 2,036 members |
| Content rating | Work-safe (SFW) |
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