About r/HobbyDrama
In its own words:
The most interesting subreddit about things you're not interested in. Come here for writeups about drama in various hobbies, interests, and fandoms over the years.
Community guide
r/HobbyDrama (#718, about 1.5 million subscribers) is oriented around: The most interesting subreddit about things you're not interested in. Come here for writeups about drama in various hobbies, interests, and fandoms over the years. Recent activity samples show 0.9 posts/day in recent samples (~100% text). Public rules we collected include: Follow all site-wide rules and reddiquette; Do not insult or attack other users; Posts must be hobby related; Sources must be provided if possible. And do not post, link to, or ask for personal information.; Drama must have concluded at least 14 days prior to post.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Low-effort or empty shitposts are often removed—add context that fits the purpose. Match posts to: Follow all site-wide rules and reddiquette; Do not insult or attack other users; Posts must be hobby related; Sources must be provided if possible. And do not post, link to, or ask for personal information..
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community. The public rule list is long enough that skimming all entries once beats assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; collected snapshots can lag. Search before reposting common clips or questions. Common flairs in samples include: Long, Short, Extra Long, Hobby Scuffles.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jun 6, 2018, which makes it 8 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 322 subscribers (+0.02%). It sits just behind r/IDontWorkHereLady (#717) and ahead of r/thenetherlands (#719) in our ranking.
What sets r/HobbyDrama apart
Posts here spark a lot of conversation: the archive averages 123.0 comments per post, roughly 9.4× the typical big subreddit (13.1). Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 0.6 new posts a day per million members, which puts it in the quietest fifth of the Top 100. A good post has less competition here.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/HobbyDrama went up from 1,468,507 to 1,476,368 subscribers (+7.9K, +0.54%). That is about 179 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Activity and best time to post
r/HobbyDrama gets about 0.9 new posts a day. The public archive holds 7,278 posts and 895,506 comments in total, about 123.0 comments per post.
Rules of r/HobbyDrama
The moderators of r/HobbyDrama list 12 rules. In short:
- Follow all site-wide rules and reddiquette
- Do not insult or attack other users
- Posts must be hobby related
- Sources must be provided if possible. And do not post, link to, or ask for personal information.
- Drama must have concluded at least 14 days prior to post
- Consequences must be detailed
- No validation-seeking or awfulbrag posts
- No low-effort posts / No reposts
- Influencer / YouTuber / Reddit drama
- Flair non-drama posts as Hobby History
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama 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 many subscribers does r/HobbyDrama have?
r/HobbyDrama has 1,476,368 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #718 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 7,861 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/HobbyDrama created?
r/HobbyDrama was created on Jun 6, 2018, so it has been around for 8 years.
Is r/HobbyDrama still active?
Moderately: r/HobbyDrama gets about 0.9 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 7,278 posts and 895,506 comments.
What kind of posts are on r/HobbyDrama?
The community describes itself as: “The most interesting subreddit about things you're not interested in. Come here for writeups about drama in various hobbies, interests, and fandoms over the years.”
Is r/HobbyDrama SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/HobbyDrama as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/HobbyDrama?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/HobbyDrama accepts text posts only, with galleries enabled. It has 12 posted rules, starting with: “Follow all site-wide rules and reddiquette”; “Do not insult or attack other users”; “Posts must be hobby related”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/HobbyDrama?
Communities with similar topics include r/notinteresting (1.4M), r/Astronomy (3.2M), r/Damnthatsinteresting (20.6M), r/MechanicalKeyboards (1.4M) and r/sewing (2.3M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026). 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/HobbyDrama.