r/football
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Home of Football. Official Sponsors of Redditch United. News, Rumours, Analysis, gossip and much more.
Members
913,118
as of February 2025
Last post
today
September 28, 2026
Posts (30 days)
100+
Created
2008
August 1, 2008
Total posts
280.6K
archived
Total comments
1.9M
archived
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r/football 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/football have?
r/football had 913,118 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
Is r/football dead?
No. r/football is active — the most recent post was today, with 100+ posts in the last 30 days.
When was r/football created?
r/football was created on August 1, 2008.
Can I take over r/football?
Probably not. r/football 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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