r/reptiles

r/reptiles is the 11th largest of the 11 communities we track in Pets & Animals, with 255.3k members. That is about 3% the size of the niche's biggest community, r/cats. Across Nichory's full directory of 363 communities it ranks 327th by member count.

At around 17 years old it is a long-established community. Older subreddits usually have settled rules, active moderation and high trust — but also years of archived posts, so a question that has been asked before will be sent to the search bar. Bring a specific angle.

Its Nichory signal score is 10/10 — our blend of audience size and how fast the community has grown per year. Scores this high mean an active audience that is worth writing for properly.

Our rules analysis flags this community as prohibiting self-promotion. Posting a link to your own product here is the fastest way to get removed or banned. Treat it as a place to build a reputation by answering questions well — your profile does the selling for you.

Collected from the community's published rules page. Titles only — open the full rules for the detail, and note they can change at any time.

• Don't be a jerk.
• If you post asking for advice, be willing to listen!
• No posts or comments with any sort of animal abuse, neglect, or injury.
• Use the NSFW tag and post flairs!
• No one can diagnose an animal for you online
• No advertising, buy/sell/trade/rehome or spamming.
• No comments on personal appearance.
• Medically significant animals must be handled with proper person protective equipment.
• Whining about other subreddits or moderators will result in removal and ban. Use PMs or modmail.
• No exaggeration, rage-bait or pot-stirring.