About r/Paranormal
In its own words:
r/Paranormal is a space dedicated to true, first-hand, paranormal experiences.
Community guide
r/Paranormal sits near #488 in SubMouse’s SFW Top-1000 (about 2.3 million). It is r/Paranormal is a space dedicated to true, first-hand, paranormal experiences. Collected rules highlight All submissions must follow the content policy rules set by Reddit.com; Insults, Bullying, Harassment, Threats, and Trolling; and No Advertising, Soliciting or Promoting, among 13 listed. Activity mix in sample: text:222, image:32, gallery:18, link:7. Busy sample (~33.4 ppd across 282 posts).
How posts show up
Recent sample mix: text:222, image:32, gallery:18, link:7. Busy sample (~33.4 ppd across 282 posts). That mix is a snapshot, not a posting quota—rules still decide what stays.
Scope checklist
On-scope means staying true to: r/Paranormal is a space dedicated to true, first-hand, paranormal experiences. Off-scope, spam, and listed bans (All submissions must follow the content policy rules set by Reddit.com) get removed.
Practical pointers
Skim the top listed rules before asking something already covered. Key themes: All submissions must follow the content policy rules set by Reddit.com; Insults, Bullying, Harassment, Threats, and Trolling; No Advertising, Soliciting or Promoting; No Emergency/Life-or-Death Posts. Be civil; don’t invent unstated culture.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jul 10, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 3,434 subscribers (+0.15%). It sits just behind r/WhatsWrongWithYourDog (#487) and ahead of r/sewing (#489) in our ranking.
What sets r/Paranormal apart
r/Paranormal is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 79% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 34% across the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.87% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 95% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (18:00 UTC) sees about 5.0× as many posts as the quietest (11:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/Paranormal climbed from 2,252,450 to 2,271,944 subscribers (+19.5K, +0.87%). That is about 443 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/Paranormal talks about
Across 282 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “experience”, “haunted”, “weird”, “house” and “night”. Other frequent themes are spirit, real, strange, ghost, home and ghosts. Recurring phrases include “spirit box”, “real horror”, “horror experience” and “sleep paralysis”. By format, 79% are text posts, 11% are images and 6% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: Question (77), Experience (65), Unexplained (21), Debunk This (20), Encounter (13), Photo Evidence (12).
Activity and best time to post
r/Paranormal gets about 33 new posts a day. The public archive holds 231,945 posts and 2,720,100 comments in total, about 11.7 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (53 posts) and the quietest was Friday (29). Posting peaks around 18:00 UTC and is lowest around 11:00 UTC.
Rules of r/Paranormal
The moderators of r/Paranormal list 13 rules. In short:
- All submissions must follow the content policy rules set by Reddit.com
- Insults, Bullying, Harassment, Threats, and Trolling
- No Advertising, Soliciting or Promoting
- No Emergency/Life-or-Death Posts
- No content from/about minors
- All submissions must be made in ENGLISH
- Label content correctly
- Request Threads
- Quality Requirements
- No body marks/scratches posts
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/Paranormal 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/Paranormal have?
r/Paranormal has 2,271,944 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #488 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 19,494 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/Paranormal?
r/Paranormal was created on Jul 10, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
How active is r/Paranormal?
Very active: r/Paranormal gets about 33 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 231,945 posts and 2,720,100 comments. In a sample of 282 recent posts we counted 257 different authors.
When is r/Paranormal most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday and the quietest Friday, and most posts arrive around 18:00 UTC, with the fewest around 11:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/Paranormal about?
The community describes itself as: “r/Paranormal is a space dedicated to true, first-hand, paranormal experiences.” Recent post titles often mention experience, haunted, weird, house and night. Most posts are text posts (79%).
Is r/Paranormal safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/Paranormal as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/Paranormal?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/Paranormal accepts both text and link posts, with images and galleries enabled. It has 13 posted rules, starting with: “All submissions must follow the content policy rules set by Reddit.com”; “Insults, Bullying, Harassment, Threats, and Trolling”; “No Advertising, Soliciting or Promoting”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/Paranormal?
Communities with similar topics include r/TrueCrime (3.4M), r/nottheonion (26.1M), r/TrueOffMyChest (2.6M), r/space (28M) and r/technicallythetruth (5.9M).
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/Paranormal.