About r/ImTheMainCharacter
In its own words:
Main Character: People who act like they're the center of the world and worthy of all the attention.
Community guide
r/ImTheMainCharacter (#814, about 1.3 million subscribers) is oriented around: Main Character: People who act like they're the center of the world and worthy of all the attention. Recent activity samples show 5.0 posts/day in recent samples (~62% video, ~22% image, ~9% link). Public rules we collected include: Must Be Someone Attempting To Be The Main Character; Be Civil; No Ragebait or Sensitive Content; No Reposts; Inciting Violence.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Civility rules are enforced; personal attacks get removed. Match posts to: Must Be Someone Attempting To Be The Main Character; Be Civil; No Ragebait or Sensitive Content; No Reposts.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community. Skim the full public rule list once rather than assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; collected snapshots can lag. Search before reposting. Common flairs in samples include: VIDEO, PICTURE, STORYTIME, WEBSITE.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on May 1, 2021, which makes it 5 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 255 subscribers (+0.02%). It sits just behind r/thisismylifenow (#813) and ahead of r/mashups (#815) in our ranking.
What sets r/ImTheMainCharacter apart
r/ImTheMainCharacter is far more video-driven than most big subreddits: 63% of its recent posts are videos, against a median of 4% across the Top 100. Posts here spark a lot of conversation: the archive averages 113.5 comments per post, roughly 8.7× the typical big subreddit (13.1).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/ImTheMainCharacter went up from 1,299,254 to 1,301,422 subscribers (+2.2K, +0.17%). That is about 49 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/ImTheMainCharacter talks about
Across 32 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “main”, “character”, “halloween”, “view” and “characters”. Recurring phrases include “main character” and “main characters”. By format, 63% are videos, 22% are images and 9% are links.
Popular post flairs: VIDEO (23), PICTURE (5), STORYTIME (1), WEBSITE (1), WORKOUT (1), :doge: ANIMAL MAIN CHARACTER :cat_blep: (1).
Activity and best time to post
r/ImTheMainCharacter gets about 5.0 new posts a day. The public archive holds 36,769 posts and 4,173,116 comments in total, about 113.5 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Thursday (7 posts) and the quietest was Sunday (1). Posting peaks around 02:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.
Rules of r/ImTheMainCharacter
The moderators of r/ImTheMainCharacter list 8 rules. In short:
- Must Be Someone Attempting To Be The Main Character
- Be Civil
- No Ragebait or Sensitive Content
- No Reposts
- Inciting Violence
- No Porn Or Gore
- No Witch-Hunting
- Moderators Discretion
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/ImTheMainCharacter 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/ImTheMainCharacter?
r/ImTheMainCharacter has 1,301,422 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #814 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 2,168 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/ImTheMainCharacter?
r/ImTheMainCharacter was created on May 1, 2021, so it has been around for 5 years.
How active is r/ImTheMainCharacter?
Moderately: r/ImTheMainCharacter gets about 5.0 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 36,769 posts and 4,173,116 comments.
When is r/ImTheMainCharacter most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Thursday and the quietest Sunday, and most posts arrive around 02:00 UTC, with the fewest around 04:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/ImTheMainCharacter about?
The community describes itself as: “Main Character: People who act like they're the center of the world and worthy of all the attention.” Recent post titles often mention main, character, halloween, view and characters. Most posts are videos (63%).
Is r/ImTheMainCharacter safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/ImTheMainCharacter as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/ImTheMainCharacter?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/ImTheMainCharacter accepts both text and link posts, with images and videos enabled. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “Must Be Someone Attempting To Be The Main Character”; “Be Civil”; “No Ragebait or Sensitive Content”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/ImTheMainCharacter?
Communities with similar topics include r/CharacterAI (2.6M), r/Documentaries (20.4M), r/KimetsuNoYaiba (1.8M), r/VALORANT (2.7M) and r/videos (26.9M).
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/ImTheMainCharacter.