r/OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company. OpenAI's mission is to create safe and powerful AI that benefits all of humanity. We are an unofficially-run community. OpenAI makes Sora, ChatGPT, and DALL·E 3.

Members: 2,887,516
Created: 2015
Posts a day: 25
Avg comments, top posts this week: 147

r/OpenAI is a Reddit community with 2,887,516 members, created in 2015. It averaged about 25 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts had a median score of 292 and an average of 147 comments each. Openai, gpt and astra are the words that show up most in recent titles. This month's top posts went up most often around 20:00 UTC, and most often on a Wednesday.

Only approved members can post in r/OpenAI.

Data checked October 18, 2026 · Open on Reddit

What people ask

2,598What if we boarded planes pre-seated through the butthole452 comments · October 8, 2026
237I have $15000 worth of OpenAI credits expiring in 14 days. What should I build?346 comments · October 13, 2026
443How is your usage so far after this update?155 comments · October 17, 2026
29Can someone recommend a sub like r/claudeexplorers, but for GPT18 comments · October 17, 2026
3Are we just teaching AI to reproduce humanity’s worst problems?10 comments · October 18, 2026
0Can you pleasee help me..3 comments · October 17, 2026

Common words in titles

openai 15
gpt 6
astra 5
chatgpt 5
agents 4
model 4
not 4
reset 4
agent 3
math 3
researchers 3
says 3

Best time to post

20:00 UTC · 3 top posts
12:00 UTC · 3 top posts
23:00 UTC · 2 top posts
Wednesday · 5 top posts
Saturday · 5 top posts

These are counted from the timestamps of this month's 25 top posts. They show when popular posts went up and don't guarantee reach.

Rules

Rule 1: Relevance
Rule 2: Be Civil
Rule 3: Limit Self-Promotion
Rule 4: No Selling
Rule 5: No Low-Quality Content
Rule 6: Concise, Accurate Titles
Rule 7: NSFW Content
Rule 8: AutoMod

How to post in r/OpenAI without breaking its rules

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Member growth

We started recording r/OpenAI member counts on October 18, 2026. Growth will show here once we have a few weeks of history.

Get this data from the API

Every number on this page comes from ChatterAPI's Reddit endpoints and is refreshed about once a week. You can pull the same data for any subreddit from your own code or AI agent.

curl "https://chatterapi.com/v1/reddit/subreddits/OpenAI" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CHATTERAPI_KEY"

{
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/",
    "name": "OpenAI",
    "nsfw": false,
    "title": "OpenAI",
    "createdAt": "2015-12-11T21:49:24.000Z",
    "description": "OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company. OpenAI's mission is to create safe and powerful AI that benefits all of humanity. We are an unofficially-run community. OpenAI makes Sora, ChatGPT, and DALL·E 3.",
    "subscribers": 2887516
  },
  "credits": {
    "charged": 2
  }
}

Recorded response, October 18, 2026, trimmed.

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Questions about r/OpenAI

How many members does r/OpenAI have?

r/OpenAI had 2,887,516 members when we last checked on October 18, 2026.

How active is r/OpenAI?

Based on its newest posts, it got about 25 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts averaged 147 comments each.

When is the best time to post in r/OpenAI?

This month's top posts in r/OpenAI went up most often around 20:00 UTC, and most often on a Wednesday. That's when popular posts were published, so use it as a starting point, not a rule.

Can I get r/OpenAI data through an API?

Yes. Call GET /v1/reddit/subreddits/OpenAI for members, rules and description, and GET /v1/reddit/subreddits/OpenAI/posts for its posts. Each call costs 2 credits, and new accounts get 100 free credits.