r/boardgames
ActiveThe #1 Reddit source for news, information, and discussion about modern board games and board game culture. Join the community and come discuss games like Codenames, Wingspan, Brass, and all your other favorite games!
Members
5,299,450
as of February 2025
Last post
today
September 28, 2026
Posts (30 days)
100+
Created
2008
September 16, 2008
Total posts
390.6K
archived
Total comments
8.7M
archived
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How many members does r/boardgames have?
r/boardgames had 5,299,450 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
Is r/boardgames dead?
No. r/boardgames is active — the most recent post was today, with 100+ posts in the last 30 days.
When was r/boardgames created?
r/boardgames was created on September 16, 2008.
Can I take over r/boardgames?
Probably not. r/boardgames 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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