r/AITAH on SubMouse

About r/AITAH

In its own words:

This is a community like r/AmITheAsshole, except unlike that subreddit, you can post interpersonal conflicts. Anything that's AITA, including relationships, hypotheticals, and would I be the asshole (wibta) posts are allowed. AI scenarios/posts are not welcome or tolerated. An elaboration on our rules can be found here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AITAH/wiki/index

Community guide

r/AITAH is a judgment forum for interpersonal conflicts in the “Am I the asshole?” tradition, with a wider door than its older cousin: relationship conflicts, hypotheticals, and “would I be the asshole” framing are allowed here according to the community’s own description. It is #104 in our SFW Top 1000 (about 7.6 million subscribers). The description also states AI scenarios are not welcome—important if you are used to synthetic prompt dumps elsewhere.

What you post

Narrative conflict posts seeking a verdict. Collected rules emphasise no third-party posting, limits on demeaning language, and a distinction between fake and hypothetical posts—moderators are policing authenticity and tone, not hosting pile-ons for their own sake.

Versus r/AmItheAsshole and advice subs

The community explicitly positions itself as similar to r/AmItheAsshole but more permissive on interpersonal and hypothetical material. Relationship-advice communities aim to counsel; AITAH threads aim to classify behaviour. If you want actionable communication tips, advice-oriented subs are clearer; if you want a verdict format, this matches that genre.

Practical pointers

Write as a party to the conflict (no third-party posts). Avoid demeaning name-piles. Activity samples are almost entirely text, at hundreds of posts per day—expect fast scroll-off.

SubMouse Editorial

The community was created on Mar 17, 2021, which makes it 5 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 6,052 subscribers (+0.08%). It sits just behind r/itookapicture (#103) and ahead of r/place (#105) in our ranking.

What sets r/AITAH apart

r/AITAH is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 100% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 34% across the Top 100. Posts here spark a lot of conversation: the archive averages 53.7 comments per post, roughly 3.8× the typical big subreddit (14.0). For its size it is unusually busy: about 34.1 new posts a day per million members, more than 89% of the Top 100.

Subscriber growth

Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/AITAH grew from 7,548,634 to 7,586,324 subscribers (+37.7K, +0.50%). That is about 857 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.

All-time top posts

The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/AITAH, from 2023 to 2025, ranked by Reddit.

AITAH for laughing in my SIL’s face when she DNA tested my daughter?u/ThrowRASILtester · Aug 29, 2024 · text post
AITAH for suing my cousin for 6K to pay for my hearing aides after he threw me in the poolu/aitahearingaides · Sep 25, 2024 · text post
AITAH for announcing our pregnancy at my brother's wedding after he proposed at mine.u/No_Kiwi_2 · Apr 21, 2024 · text post
AITA for slapping a teenager?u/Old_Educator_3516 · Jun 29, 2024 · text post
AITAH for saying no my girlfriend’s “tradition”u/Key_Case9842 · Sep 20, 2024 · text post
AITA for telling my husband " I told you so" and laughing at me when we got the paternity test results?u/Either_Economy_793 · Dec 20, 2023 · text post
AITAH for telling my husband that he absolutely ruined the birth of our child?u/Former_Monitor_4860 · Sep 23, 2024 · text post
Update: I cut my wife off from our finances because she wouldn’t stop ordering takeoutu/Careful_Credit_4645 · Oct 9, 2024 · text post
Fired Fed. I am considering cutting off every Orange Man supporter.u/Comfortable_Gift4970 · Feb 17, 2025 · text post
AITA for treating my coworker differently after she accused me of SA when i saved her live.Feb 2, 2025 · text post

What r/AITAH talks about

We read the titles of 698 recent posts (Oct 25–Oct 31), the words that come up most are “friend”, “wanting”, “wibtah”, “telling” and “boyfriend”. Other frequent themes are friends, refusing, sister, mom, husband and family. Recurring phrases include “birthday party”, “social media”, “close friend” and “halloween party”. By format, 100% are text posts.

friend 109
wanting 76
wibtah 51
telling 44
boyfriend 42
friends 42
refusing 32
sister 31
mom 31
husband 28
family 27
calling 26
girlfriend 26
mother 23
asking 19
halloween 19
dad 18
wedding 18

Popular post flairs: English Second Language (19), Under 18 (ages 13 to 17) (19), TW Abuse (13), Hypothetical (12), TW SA (11), TW Self Harm (9).

Activity and best time to post

r/AITAH gets about 260 new posts a day. The public archive holds 756,081 posts and 40,564,999 comments in total, about 53.7 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Tuesday (283 posts) and the quietest was Saturday (236). Posting peaks around 16:00 UTC and is lowest around 10:00 UTC.

Posts per hour of the day, UTC, Oct 24, 2026 – Oct 30, 2026

Text posts 100%

Rules of r/AITAH

The moderators of r/AITAH list 3 rules. In short:

Fake post verses hypothetical post.
No third party post.
No excessive use of demeaning language or names.

How to join

Open reddit.com/r/AITAH and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.

Frequently asked questions

How big is r/AITAH?

r/AITAH has 7,586,324 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #104 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 37,690 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.

How old is r/AITAH?

r/AITAH was created on Mar 17, 2021, so it has been around for 5 years.

How active is r/AITAH?

Very active: r/AITAH gets about 260 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 756,081 posts and 40,564,999 comments. In a sample of 698 recent posts we counted 646 different authors.

When is r/AITAH most active?

Based on post counts from Oct 24, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026, the busiest day was Tuesday and the quietest Saturday, and most posts arrive around 16:00 UTC, with the fewest around 10:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.

What is r/AITAH about?

The community describes itself as: “This is a community like r/AmITheAsshole, except unlike that subreddit, you can post interpersonal conflicts. Anything that's AITA, including relationships, hypotheticals, and would I be the asshole (wibta) posts are al…” Recent post titles often mention friend, wanting, wibtah, telling and boyfriend. Most posts are text posts (100%).

Is r/AITAH safe for work?

Yes. Reddit does not mark r/AITAH as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.

How do I post on r/AITAH?

Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/AITAH accepts text posts only, with galleries enabled. It has 3 posted rules, starting with: “Fake post verses hypothetical post.”; “No third party post.”; “No excessive use of demeaning language or names.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.

Which communities are like r/AITAH?

Communities with similar topics include r/AmItheAsshole (24.7M), r/relationships (3.8M), r/relationship_advice (15.9M), r/dating_advice (4.9M) and r/assholedesign (3.1M).

Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 2, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/AITAH.

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