diff --git a/samples/snippets/subscriber.py b/samples/snippets/subscriber.py
index ab0c8aafa..fc7fbdc52 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/subscriber.py
+++ b/samples/snippets/subscriber.py
@@ -94,6 +94,70 @@ def create_subscription(project_id: str, topic_id: str, subscription_id: str) ->
     # [END pubsub_create_pull_subscription]
 
 
+def optimistic_subscribe(
+    project_id: str, topic_id: str, subscription_id: str, timeout: Optional[float] = None
+) -> None:
+    """Optimistically subscribe to messages instead of making calls to verify existence
+    of a subscription first and then subscribing to messages from it. This avoids admin
+    operation calls to verify the existence of a subscription and reduces the probability
+    of running out of quota for admin operations."""
+    # [START pubsub_optimistic_subscribe]
+    from google.api_core.exceptions import NotFound
+    from google.cloud import pubsub_v1
+    from concurrent.futures import TimeoutError
+
+    # TODO(developer)
+    # project_id = "your-project-id"
+    # subscription_id = "your-subscription-id"
+    # Number of seconds the subscriber should listen for messages
+    # timeout = 5.0
+    # topic_id = "your-topic-id"
+
+    # Create a subscriber client.
+    subscriber = pubsub_v1.SubscriberClient()
+
+    # The `subscription_path` method creates a fully qualified identifier
+    # in the form `projects/{project_id}/subscriptions/{subscription_id}`
+    subscription_path = subscriber.subscription_path(project_id, subscription_id)
+
+    # Define callback to be called when a message is received.
+    def callback(message: pubsub_v1.subscriber.message.Message) -> None:
+        # Ack message after processing it.
+        message.ack()
+
+    # Wrap subscriber in a 'with' block to automatically call close() when done.
+    with subscriber:
+        try:
+            # Optimistically subscribe to messages on the subscription.
+            streaming_pull_future = subscriber.subscribe(subscription_path, callback=callback)
+            streaming_pull_future.result(timeout=timeout)
+        except TimeoutError:
+            print("Subscription already exists. Timed out.")
+            streaming_pull_future.cancel()  # Trigger the shutdown.
+            streaming_pull_future.result()  # Block until the shutdown is complete.
+        except NotFound:
+            print(f"Subscription {subscription_path} not found, creating it.")
+
+            # If the subscription does not exist, then create it.
+            publisher = pubsub_v1.PublisherClient()
+            topic_path = publisher.topic_path(project_id, topic_id)
+            subscription = subscriber.create_subscription(
+                request={"name": subscription_path, "topic": topic_path}
+            )
+
+            if subscription:
+                print(f"Subscription {subscription.name} created")
+
+            # Subscribe on the created subscription.
+            try:
+                streaming_pull_future = subscriber.subscribe(subscription.name, callback=callback)
+                streaming_pull_future.result(timeout=timeout)
+            except TimeoutError:
+                streaming_pull_future.cancel()  # Trigger the shutdown.
+                streaming_pull_future.result()  # Block until the shutdown is complete.
+    # [END pubsub_optimistic_subscribe]
+
+
 def create_subscription_with_dead_letter_topic(
     project_id: str,
     topic_id: str,
@@ -1157,6 +1221,13 @@ def callback(message: pubsub_v1.subscriber.message.Message) -> None:
     remove_dead_letter_policy_parser.add_argument("topic_id")
     remove_dead_letter_policy_parser.add_argument("subscription_id")
 
+    optimistic_subscribe_parser = subparsers.add_parser(
+        "optimistic-subscribe", help=optimistic_subscribe.__doc__
+    )
+    optimistic_subscribe_parser.add_argument("topic_id")
+    optimistic_subscribe_parser.add_argument("subscription_id")
+    optimistic_subscribe_parser.add_argument("timeout")
+
     receive_parser = subparsers.add_parser("receive", help=receive_messages.__doc__)
     receive_parser.add_argument("subscription_id")
     receive_parser.add_argument("timeout", default=None, type=float, nargs="?")
@@ -1299,6 +1370,8 @@ def callback(message: pubsub_v1.subscriber.message.Message) -> None:
         )
     elif args.command == "remove-dead-letter-policy":
         remove_dead_letter_policy(args.project_id, args.topic_id, args.subscription_id)
+    elif args.command == "optimistic-subscribe":
+        optimistic_subscribe(args.project_id, args.topic_id, args.subscription_id, args.timeout)
     elif args.command == "receive":
         receive_messages(args.project_id, args.subscription_id, args.timeout)
     elif args.command == "receive-custom-attributes":
diff --git a/samples/snippets/subscriber_test.py b/samples/snippets/subscriber_test.py
index 53fefa109..85c662a28 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/subscriber_test.py
+++ b/samples/snippets/subscriber_test.py
@@ -234,6 +234,54 @@ def test_create_subscription(
     subscriber_client.delete_subscription(request={"subscription": subscription_path})
 
 
+def test_optimistic_subscribe(
+    subscriber_client: pubsub_v1.SubscriberClient,
+    topic: str,
+    publisher_client: pubsub_v1.PublisherClient,
+    capsys: CaptureFixture[str]
+) -> None:
+    subscription_id = (
+      f"subscription_for_optimistic_subscribe-{PY_VERSION}-{UUID}"
+    )
+    subscription_path = subscriber_client.subscription_path(
+        PROJECT_ID, subscription_id
+    )
+    # Ensure there is no pre-existing subscription.
+    # So that we can test the case where optimistic subscribe fails.
+    try:
+        subscriber_client.delete_subscription(
+            request={"subscription": subscription_path}
+        )
+    except NotFound:
+        pass
+
+    # Invoke optimistic_subscribe when the subscription is not present.
+    # This tests scenario where optimistic subscribe fails.
+    subscriber.optimistic_subscribe(PROJECT_ID, TOPIC, subscription_id, 5)
+    out, _ = capsys.readouterr()
+    # Verify optimistic subscription failed.
+    assert f"Subscription {subscription_path} not found, creating it." in out
+    # Verify that subscription created due to optimistic subscribe failure.
+    assert f"Subscription {subscription_path} created" in out
+    # Verify that subscription didn't already exist.
+    assert "Subscription already exists. Timed out." not in out
+
+    # Invoke optimistic_subscribe when the subscription is present.
+    # This tests scenario where optimistic subscribe succeeds.
+    subscriber.optimistic_subscribe(PROJECT_ID, TOPIC, subscription_id, 5)
+
+    out, _ = capsys.readouterr()
+    # Verify optimistic subscription succeeded.
+    assert f"Subscription {subscription_path} not found, creating it." not in out
+    # Verify that subscription was not created due to optimistic subscribe failure.
+    assert f"Subscription {subscription_path} created" not in out
+    # Verify that subscription already existed.
+    assert "Subscription already exists. Timed out." in out
+
+    # Clean up resources created during test.
+    subscriber_client.delete_subscription(request={"subscription": subscription_path})
+
+
 def test_create_subscription_with_dead_letter_policy(
     subscriber_client: pubsub_v1.SubscriberClient,
     dead_letter_topic: str,