About r/HumansAreMetal
In its own words:
People doing badass and impressive things.
Community guide
r/HumansAreMetal (#693, about 1.5 million subscribers) is oriented around: People doing badass and impressive things. Recent activity samples show 0.4 posts/day in recent samples (~50% image, ~33% link, ~17% text). Public rules we collected include: No animal cruelty.; Don't be a dick.; Mark NSFW posts.; Content must be impressive.; Name must be included in the title..
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Match posts to: No animal cruelty.; Don't be a dick.; Mark NSFW posts.; Content must be impressive..
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; collected snapshots can lag.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on May 3, 2016, which makes it 10 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 0 subscribers (+0.00%). It sits just behind r/recruitinghell (#692) and ahead of r/IndiaCricket (#694) in our ranking.
What sets r/HumansAreMetal apart
Posts here spark a lot of conversation: the archive averages 29.7 comments per post, roughly 2.3× the typical big subreddit (13.1). Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 0.3 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/HumansAreMetal climbed from 1,536,606 to 1,537,327 subscribers (+721, +0.05%). That is about 16 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/HumansAreMetal talks about
Looking at the titles of 6 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 3), the words that come up most are “sentenced”, “setting”, “fire”, “proposed” and “ice”. Other frequent themes are facility, dara, oconnor and woman. Recurring phrases include “setting fire”, “proposed ice”, “dara oconnor” and “ice facility”.
Activity and best time to post
r/HumansAreMetal gets about 0.4 new posts a day. The public archive holds 26,856 posts and 796,950 comments in total, about 29.7 comments per post.
Rules of r/HumansAreMetal
The moderators of r/HumansAreMetal list 5 rules. In short:
- No animal cruelty.
- Don't be a dick.
- Mark NSFW posts.
- Content must be impressive.
- Name must be included in the title.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/HumansAreMetal 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/HumansAreMetal have?
r/HumansAreMetal has 1,537,327 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #693 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 721 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/HumansAreMetal?
r/HumansAreMetal was created on May 3, 2016, so it has been around for 10 years.
How active is r/HumansAreMetal?
Moderately: r/HumansAreMetal gets about 0.4 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 26,856 posts and 796,950 comments.
What is r/HumansAreMetal about?
The community describes itself as: “People doing badass and impressive things.” Recent post titles often mention sentenced, setting, fire, proposed and ice.
Is r/HumansAreMetal safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/HumansAreMetal as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/HumansAreMetal?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/HumansAreMetal accepts both text and link posts, with images, galleries and polls enabled. It has 5 posted rules, starting with: “No animal cruelty.”; “Don't be a dick.”; “Mark NSFW posts.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/HumansAreMetal?
Communities with similar topics include r/natureismetal (2.4M), r/Metal (2.6M), r/HumansBeingBros (6.8M), r/AskHR (1.9M) and r/FunnyAnimals (8.7M).
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/HumansAreMetal.