r/australianpolitics
The purpose of this subreddit is civil and open discussion of Australian Politics across the entire political spectrum.
How to think about r/australianpolitics
This community is dedicated to civil and open discussions about Australian politics, encompassing a wide range of political perspectives. Members engage in debates over current events, policies, and political figures, making it a vibrant space for political discourse. The community's long-standing presence and substantial subscriber base reflect its significance in Australian online political discussions.
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Audience
Participants in this community are typically politically engaged Australians, ranging from students to professionals, with a mix of ages and backgrounds. They are often well-informed and passionate about political issues, seeking to share insights and opinions. The vibe is generally respectful, though heated debates can arise, particularly around contentious topics.
Posting culture
Content that thrives in this community includes news articles, opinion pieces, and thoughtful analyses of political events. Members appreciate well-researched posts and civil discourse, while low-effort memes or overly promotional content tend to receive downvotes. Posting frequency varies, but active discussions often occur around major political events or announcements.
Brand engagement notes
Brands looking to engage with this community should prioritize authenticity and value-driven content. Direct promotion is often met with skepticism, so brands should focus on contributing meaningful insights or facilitating discussions rather than overt advertising. Collaborating with respected community members or sharing informative resources can foster a positive reception and build trust with the audience.
Top keywords
What r/australianpolitics talks about
Weighted by how often each term appears in posts and comments, relative to baseline frequency. The largest words are the strongest signals of community focus.
External signals
Where the community looks
Top external domains linked from posts and comments — a quick read on the sources of truth this audience trusts.
- theguardian.com
- abc.net.au
- smh.com.au
- theage.com.au
- news.com.au
- theaustralian.com.au
- theconversation.com
- afr.com
- skynews.com.au
- crikey.com.au
- thenewdaily.com.au
- thesaturdaypaper.com.au
- canberratimes.com.au
- sbs.com.au
- amp.theaustralian.com.au
- roymorgan.com
- themonthly.com.au
- independentaustralia.net
- michaelwest.com.au
- dailymail.co.uk
Top contributors
Who shapes the conversation
The most active and most-upvoted posters and commenters in this community. Useful when planning outreach or studying a community's tastemakers.
Top posters
By post count
- u/PerriX2390
- u/89b3ea330bd60ede80ad
- u/ButtPlugForPM
- u/EASY_EEVEE
- u/[deleted]
- u/malcolm58
- u/ApricotBar
- u/BarbecueShapeshifter
- u/himmlerinblackface
- u/Shornile
- u/AutoModerator
- u/Ardeet
- u/availablesince1990
- u/ChrisMordd
- u/River-Stunning
- u/Centrist-He-Him
- u/Niscellaneous
- u/whichonespinkredux
- u/Jeffmister
- u/ladaus
- u/ae_non75
- u/facetiousfurfag
- u/Grubbanax
- u/Demosthenes12345
- u/LentilsAgain
- u/Enoch_Isaac
- u/mememaker1211
- u/GreenTicket1852
- u/PutStuffInMyDickHole
- u/Captnsparklz
- u/AIverson3
- u/Ludikom
- u/Time-Dimension7769
- u/ZealousidealClub4119
- u/Throwawaydeathgrips
- u/MattyDaBest
- u/HotPersimessage62
- u/fletch44
- u/nolesfan2011
- u/Cat_Man_Bane
- u/smallbatter
- u/brezhnervous
- u/AnoththeBarbarian
- u/cameronwilsonBF
- u/endersai
- u/Smactuary86
- u/Lakerlion
- u/teddymaxwell596
- u/Rear-gunner
- u/ausmomo
- u/jeffo12345
- u/d1ngal1ng
- u/Fredavisjnr
- u/boppinmule
- u/Real_Carl_Ramirez
- u/Condoor21
- u/FromTheAshesOfTheOld
- u/magpieburger
- u/Dingo-News
- u/Strict-Marsupial6141
- u/Vindicator909
- u/PostDisillusion
- u/cressidasmunch
- u/NewtTrashPanda
- u/NowDrawingArt
- u/CurtD34
- u/northofreality197
- u/Intrepid-Rhubarb-705
- u/Acceptable_Result192
- u/2infinite
- u/netsheriff
- u/zilla_faster
- u/RA3236
- u/linlithgowavenue
- u/smileedude
- u/NietzschesSyphilis
- u/Big_Boss_777
- u/The_Klaxon_News
- u/pensando1
- u/claudius_ptolemaeus
- u/brednog
- u/dadsandmice
- u/pj-maybe
- u/Paul_Keating_
- u/High-Scorer-001
- u/sauropodman
- u/bruised-teste
- u/downunderdoc
- u/SimbaWolf
- u/wharblgarbl
- u/EragusTrenzalore
- u/ziddyzoo
- u/zrag123
- u/HereToHelpSW
- u/1337nutz
- u/457655676
- u/Starry001
- u/KnowledgeFalse2362
- u/Spacesider
- u/Smartaz-
By votes
- u/PerriX2390
- u/89b3ea330bd60ede80ad
- u/ButtPlugForPM
- u/[deleted]
- u/EASY_EEVEE
- u/himmlerinblackface
- u/malcolm58
- u/ApricotBar
- u/Shornile
- u/BarbecueShapeshifter
- u/ChrisMordd
- u/Niscellaneous
- u/availablesince1990
- u/Ardeet
- u/whichonespinkredux
- u/Centrist-He-Him
- u/facetiousfurfag
- u/SeaworthyVessel
- u/mememaker1211
- u/Grubbanax
- u/Cat_Man_Bane
- u/Jeffmister
- u/Demosthenes12345
- u/PutStuffInMyDickHole
- u/Captnsparklz
- u/River-Stunning
- u/Ludikom
- u/brezhnervous
- u/Throwawaydeathgrips
- u/ladaus
- u/AIverson3
- u/AdamBandt
- u/smallbatter
- u/MattyDaBest
- u/Comradesh1t4brains
- u/downunderdoc
- u/Fredavisjnr
- u/d1ngal1ng
- u/fletch44
- u/cressidasmunch
- u/wharblgarbl
- u/Time-Dimension7769
- u/AnoththeBarbarian
- u/NewtTrashPanda
- u/pensacolahoedown
- u/CurtD34
- u/FromTheAshesOfTheOld
- u/LentilsAgain
- u/NowDrawingArt
- u/cameronwilsonBF
- u/Real_Carl_Ramirez
- u/2infinite
- u/ausmomo
- u/Allyzayd
- u/northofreality197
- u/Intrepid-Rhubarb-705
- u/magpieburger
- u/Smactuary86
- u/SimbaWolf
- u/EragusTrenzalore
- u/endersai
- u/kocknocker19
- u/linlithgowavenue
- u/Enoch_Isaac
- u/zilla_faster
- u/Rear-gunner
- u/Acceptable_Result192
- u/_blue_heat_
- u/HotPersimessage62
- u/Tac0321
- u/Saaaave-me
- u/netsheriff
- u/Jabourgeois
- u/boppinmule
- u/Kryptik_Fox
- u/Condoor21
- u/zrag123
- u/Starry001
- u/ziddyzoo
- u/457655676
- u/Itsokayitsfiction
- u/1337nutz
- u/theguacamo
- u/RA3236
- u/HereToHelpSW
- u/ae_non75
- u/madmace2000
- u/ZealousidealClub4119
- u/Gozzhogger
- u/jeffo12345
- u/ThatOldGuyWhoDrinks
- u/Smartaz-
- u/Lakerlion
- u/Spacesider
- u/TotalEnmity
- u/paulybaggins
- u/MindlessOptimist
- u/teddymaxwell596
- u/pensando1
- u/smileedude
Top commenters
By comment count
- u/[deleted]
- u/AutoModerator
- u/Ardeet
- u/Dranzer_22
- u/whichonespinkredux
- u/1337nutz
- u/River-Stunning
- u/EASY_EEVEE
- u/Life-Ad4309
- u/ausmomo
- u/Sunburnt-Vampire
- u/ButtPlugForPM
- u/khaste
- u/MundanePlantain1
- u/Jazzlike-Inflation33
- u/sem56
- u/SpaceYowie
- u/Jman-laowai
- u/swami78
- u/Still_Ad_164
- u/Fluffy_Morning_1569
- u/Jcit878
- u/OceLawless
- u/Brizar33
- u/Spacesider
- u/CertainCertainties
- u/HowlingStrike
- u/ApricotBar
- u/JumpStart0905
- u/leacorv
- u/Throwawaydeathgrips
- u/iceyone444
- u/Serious-Bet
- u/zrag123
- u/FuAsMy
- u/brezhnervous
- u/NewtTrashPanda
- u/IamSando
- u/wharblgarbl
- u/DrSendy
- u/Ootsie-Cola
- u/Mr_MazeCandy
- u/FrancoDownUnder
- u/endersai
- u/vinnoxiu
- u/weednumberhaha
- u/CatdoestheFlop
- u/Time-Dimension7769
- u/ZookeepergameLoud696
- u/CammKelly
- u/Shornile
- u/bent_eye
- u/is0lated
- u/ChrisMordd
- u/DBrowny
- u/TonyJZX
- u/UnconventionalXY
- u/cataractum
- u/smileedude
- u/SalmonHeadAU
- u/F00dbAby
- u/PerriX2390
- u/Valianttheywere
- u/pokemaniacaus
- u/Jabourgeois
- u/Dangerman1967
- u/Niscellaneous
- u/Rear-gunner
- u/tomw2112
- u/BrandonManguson
- u/Lord_Sicarious
- u/Pepsico_is_good
- u/elle-the-unruly
- u/Frogmouth_Fresh
- u/UpsetExamination3937
- u/anthonyqld
- u/Luck_Beats_Skill
- u/fletch44
- u/aamslfc
- u/gracetamesbong
- u/coreoYEAH
- u/GoddyofAus
- u/BillyDSquillions
- u/theosphicaltheo
- u/WokSmith
- u/rm-rd
- u/Swiss_Army_Cheese
- u/TheDancingMaster
- u/Single-Recognition-7
- u/badestzazael
- u/aeschenkarnos
- u/RetroFreud1
- u/reignfx
- u/joy3r
- u/hypercomms2001
- u/autotldr
- u/pugnacious_wanker
- u/rp_whybother
- u/metricrules
- u/Jindivic
By votes
- u/Dranzer_22
- u/whichonespinkredux
- u/1337nutz
- u/ausmomo
- u/Sunburnt-Vampire
- u/sem56
- u/CertainCertainties
- u/ButtPlugForPM
- u/R_W0bz
- u/OceLawless
- u/Fluffy_Morning_1569
- u/bent_eye
- u/NewtTrashPanda
- u/Mr_MazeCandy
- u/elle-the-unruly
- u/Demosthenes12345
- u/zrag123
- u/MentalMachine
- u/Justanaussie
- u/Alternative_Mention2
- u/Jman-laowai
- u/EASY_EEVEE
- u/pez_dispens3r
- u/Life-Ad4309
- u/Jindivic
- u/Spacesider
- u/PerriX2390
- u/[deleted]
- u/aamslfc
- u/Ax_Dk
- u/gracetamesbong
- u/IamSando
- u/Meendoozzaa
- u/smileedude
- u/Call-to-john
- u/ImprisonedGhost
- u/ziddyzoo
- u/Thagyr
- u/iceyone444
- u/rp_whybother
- u/sausagesizzle
- u/apatheticonion
- u/Brizar33
- u/brezhnervous
- u/DrSendy
- u/HowlingStrike
- u/Elcapitan2020
- u/brandt_cantwatch
- u/InvisibleHeat
- u/CptUnderpants-
- u/swami78
- u/weednumberhaha
- u/isisius
- u/JFHermes
- u/Etmosket
- u/nhilistic_daydreamer
- u/Ttoctam
- u/tomw2112
- u/locri
- u/RickandButters
- u/Jabourgeois
- u/DemonPrinceofIrony
- u/Mikes005
- u/Still_Ad_164
- u/Time-Dimension7769
- u/wharblgarbl
- u/kamikazecockatoo
- u/BrandonManguson
- u/Gnomeferatoo
- u/Ra1nier
- u/TopPil0t12
- u/sofistkated_yuk
- u/das_masterful
- u/F00dbAby
- u/joy3r
- u/freezingkiss
- u/ladaussie
- u/vinnoxiu
- u/SirFireHydrant
- u/Jeffmister
- u/wuey
- u/Churchofbabyyoda
- u/is0lated
- u/YoloSwaggedBased
- u/downunderdoc
- u/Black-House
- u/carsons_prater
- u/Ardeet
- u/GrandHarbler
- u/Rokwallaby
- u/FuAsMy
- u/MundanePlantain1
- u/Jcit878
- u/coreoYEAH
- u/AngerAndHope
- u/LentilsAgain
- u/ChrisMordd
- u/doctorcunts
- u/NietzschesSyphilis
- u/Sinnivar
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FAQ
r/australianpolitics — frequently asked questions
Quick facts about this subreddit's size, history, focus, and related communities.
How many subscribers does r/australianpolitics have?
r/australianpolitics has approximately 253,120 subscribers as of May 27, 2026.
When was r/australianpolitics created?
r/australianpolitics was created on July 21, 2011 (15 years ago).
What is r/australianpolitics about?
This community is dedicated to civil and open discussions about Australian politics, encompassing a wide range of political perspectives. Members engage in debates over current events, policies, and political figures, making it a vibrant space for political discourse. The community's long-standing presence and substantial subscriber base reflect its significance in Australia…
What subreddits are similar to r/australianpolitics?
Communities similar to r/australianpolitics include r/friendlyjordies, r/coronavirusdownunder, r/ausfinance, r/askanaustralian, r/auslaw.
Who are the most active posters on r/australianpolitics?
The most frequent posters on r/australianpolitics include u/PerriX2390, u/89b3ea330bd60ede80ad, u/ButtPlugForPM.
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