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Quality Gaming Content and Discussion -- /r/Games

The goal of /r/Games is to provide a place for informative and interesting gaming content and discussions. Submissions should be for the purpose of informing or initiating a discussion, not just with the goal of entertaining viewers. Memes, comics, funny screenshots, arts-and-crafts, etc. will be removed.

3.6M subscribers3,207 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)2,044 authors / mosince 2008

r/Games has 3.6M members (+3.8% over the last 12 months). It gets about 3,207 posts a month from 2,044 people. Top topics: Game Trailers & Launches, Game Trailers & Announcements and Roguelike Games & Development.

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Size and growth

How r/Games has grown

r/Games

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+3.8%in 12 months · +0.6% in 3 months · +0.1% in 1 month
Oct 20263.6M
Growing3.6M subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/Games

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−50%vs Sep 2025 · −17% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20263.2k
QuieterPeaked at 6.4k in Sep 2025
Sep 2026: incl. ~1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/Games

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Game Trailers & Launches0.8%
  2. Game Trailers & Announcements0.7%
  3. Roguelike Games & Development0.4%
  4. Steam Releases0.3%
  5. RPG Trailers and Demos0.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. IGN
  2. Bluesky Social
  3. Insider Gaming
  4. Comic Vine
  5. Playstation

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Posting rules and account requirements, how often posts get removed, who writes here (age, gender, countries), what people ask for, how they talk, and related subreddits — all in the full report.

Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research