About r/MonsterHunter
In its own words:
Join the discussion, share your art, and hunt monsters. Fans of Monster Hunter celebrate the "sixth fleet", Monster Hunter Wilds hunters!
Community guide
r/MonsterHunter (#825, about 1.3 million subscribers) is oriented around: Join the discussion, share your art, and hunt monsters. Fans of Monster Hunter celebrate the "sixth fleet", Monster Hunter Wilds hunters! Recent activity samples show 76 posts/day in recent samples (~34% image, ~33% text, ~18% gallery). Public rules we collected include: Submissions must directly relate to Monster Hunter; Certain topics belong in specific subreddits.; Search before posting.; Respect your fellow hunters.; All images are allowed EXCEPT:. Directory metadata files it under “Games”.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Spoiler tags matter for fresh releases, endings, or results. Self-promotion and ads are limited—read those rules before linking your own work. Piracy talk is removed. Low-effort or empty shitposts are often removed—add real context.
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. Err on spoiler tags. Common flairs in samples include: Discussion, Outlanders, Wilds, Art.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on May 18, 2010, which makes it 16 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,184 subscribers (+0.09%). It sits just behind r/DCcomics (#824) and ahead of r/Minecraftbuilds (#826) in our ranking.
What sets r/MonsterHunter apart
For its size it is unusually busy: about 59.0 new posts a day per million members, more than 90% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (17:00 UTC) sees about 4.0× as many posts as the quietest (04:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/MonsterHunter went up from 1,280,850 to 1,288,797 subscribers (+7.9K, +0.62%). That is about 181 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/MonsterHunter talks about
Looking at the titles of 528 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “monster”, “hunter”, “outlanders”, “wilds” and “game”. Other frequent themes are halloween, monsters, ascendance, weapon, play and help. Recurring phrases include “monster hunter”, “hunter outlanders”, “happy halloween” and “hunter wilds”. By format, 34% are images, 33% are text posts and 18% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: Discussion (176), Outlanders (82), Wilds (63), Art (58), World (26), MHGenU (17).
Activity and best time to post
r/MonsterHunter gets about 76 new posts a day. The public archive holds 549,866 posts and 9,655,466 comments in total, about 17.6 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Saturday (91 posts) and the quietest was Monday (65). Posting peaks around 17:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.
Rules of r/MonsterHunter
The moderators of r/MonsterHunter list 12 rules. In short:
- Submissions must directly relate to Monster Hunter
- Certain topics belong in specific subreddits.
- Search before posting.
- Respect your fellow hunters.
- All images are allowed EXCEPT:
- Art to include artist source, post flair, and NSFW tagging as necessary
- Self-Promotion posts are allowed on a 1:1 ratio
- Game/Merch collections belong in the megathread
- Don't share methods/links to pirate MH games
- Spoilers
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/MonsterHunter 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/MonsterHunter have?
r/MonsterHunter has 1,288,797 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #825 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 7,947 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/MonsterHunter created?
r/MonsterHunter was created on May 18, 2010, so it has been around for 16 years.
Is r/MonsterHunter still active?
Yes. r/MonsterHunter gets about 76 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 549,866 posts and 9,655,466 comments. In a sample of 528 recent posts we counted 393 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/MonsterHunter?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Saturday and the quietest Monday, and most posts arrive around 17:00 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 kind of posts are on r/MonsterHunter?
The community describes itself as: “Join the discussion, share your art, and hunt monsters. Fans of Monster Hunter celebrate the "sixth fleet", Monster Hunter Wilds hunters!” Recent post titles often mention monster, hunter, outlanders, wilds and game. Most posts are images (34%).
Is r/MonsterHunter SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/MonsterHunter as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/MonsterHunter?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/MonsterHunter accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 12 posted rules, starting with: “Submissions must directly relate to Monster Hunter”; “Certain topics belong in specific subreddits.”; “Search before posting.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/MonsterHunter?
Communities with similar topics include r/witcher (1.4M), r/HunterXHunter (2.1M), r/rickandmorty (2.9M), r/SpecArt (1.5M) and r/hmmm (2.1M).
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/MonsterHunter.