r/Basketball

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r/Basketball is a community of hoops fans to chat about playing and watching the game. All leagues are open for discussion including NBA, WNBA, NCAA, G-League, EuroLeague, as well as FIBA events. Keep it clean!

Members

1,638,463

as of February 2025

Last post

1 month ago

September 25, 2026

Posts (30 days)

100+

Created

2008

April 13, 2008

Total posts

105.7K

archived

Total comments

771.1K

archived

Is r/Basketball dead? Activity is slowing.

No posts in 48 days. That's not long enough to be considered abandoned yet — communities usually need 60+ days of inactivity (and inactive moderators) before Reddit will hand them over.

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Frequently asked questions about r/Basketball

How many members does r/Basketball have?

r/Basketball had 1,638,463 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.

Is r/Basketball dead?

r/Basketball looks quiet: its most recent post was 1 month ago (48 days). Post activity is a strong signal, but whether a subreddit can be claimed depends on its moderators being inactive across all of Reddit.

When was r/Basketball created?

r/Basketball was created on April 13, 2008.

Can I take over r/Basketball?

Probably not. r/Basketball 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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