r/AFL
ActiveAFL: Everything Australian Football
AFL: The home of Australian rules football on Reddit, including the Australian Football League and all other aspects of the game. To assign a user flair to yourself on desktop, expand the community options menu below and click the pencil icon by your username. On mobile, tap the 3 dots beside your profile picture and select "change user flair"
Members
427,853
as of February 2025
Last post
today
September 28, 2026
Posts (30 days)
100+
Created
2008
March 29, 2008
Total posts
178.3K
archived
Total comments
11.4M
archived
Is r/AFL dead? Active community.
r/AFL is posting regularly — the latest post was today. Active subreddits can't be requested through r/redditrequest.
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How many members does r/AFL have?
r/AFL had 427,853 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
Is r/AFL dead?
No. r/AFL is active — the most recent post was today, with 100+ posts in the last 30 days.
When was r/AFL created?
r/AFL was created on March 29, 2008.
Can I take over r/AFL?
Probably not. r/AFL is still in active use, and Reddit only hands over communities whose human moderators have all gone inactive on Reddit for 60+ days. If you want a community in this niche, look for abandoned subreddits on the same topic instead — DeadSubs finds them automatically.
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