About r/Spiderman
In its own words:
The subreddit for the Marvel character and friendly neighborhood wall crawler, Spider-Man
Community guide
r/Spiderman (#840, about 1.2 million subscribers) is oriented around: The subreddit for the Marvel character and friendly neighborhood wall crawler, Spider-Man Recent activity samples show 101 posts/day in recent samples (~44% image, ~31% gallery, ~18% text). Public rules we collected include: Civility and reddiquette; No Tired Posts/Overdone Subjects; Pirated Content; Related; Spoilers.
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. 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, Comics, Fan Art, Movies. Volume is high—clear titles help.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jul 2, 2010, which makes it 16 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,786 subscribers (+0.14%). It sits just behind r/GooglePixel (#839) and ahead of r/PhilosophyMemes (#841) in our ranking.
What sets r/Spiderman apart
Compared with other large communities, r/Spiderman leans heavily on images (44% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 22%). For its size it is unusually busy: about 80.7 new posts a day per million members, more than 94% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.94% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 92% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (16:00 UTC) sees about 4.8× as many posts as the quietest (08:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/Spiderman climbed from 1,238,266 to 1,249,894 subscribers (+11.6K, +0.94%). That is about 264 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/Spiderman talks about
We read the titles of 638 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “spider-man”, “peter”, “halloween”, “mord” and “marvel”. Other frequent themes are spider, movie, black, art, brand and amazing. Recurring phrases include “black cat”, “peter parker”, “amazing spider-man” and “happy halloween”. By format, 44% are images, 31% are galleries and 18% are text posts.
Popular post flairs: Discussion (94), Comics (84), Fan Art (70), Movies (54), Cosplay (47), Question (33).
Activity and best time to post
r/Spiderman gets about 100 new posts a day. The public archive holds 373,242 posts and 5,214,790 comments in total, about 14.0 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (121 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (75). Posting peaks around 16:00 UTC and is lowest around 08:00 UTC.
Rules of r/Spiderman
The moderators of r/Spiderman list 8 rules. In short:
- Civility and reddiquette
- No Tired Posts/Overdone Subjects
- Pirated Content
- Related
- Spoilers
- Memes/Shitposts/Circlejerking
- Artwork/Comic Panels
- No OnlyFans Promos
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/Spiderman 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/Spiderman?
r/Spiderman has 1,249,894 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #840 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 11,628 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/Spiderman?
r/Spiderman was created on Jul 2, 2010, so it has been around for 16 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Jul 4, 2010.
How active is r/Spiderman?
Very active: r/Spiderman gets about 100 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 373,242 posts and 5,214,790 comments. In a sample of 638 recent posts we counted 437 different authors.
When is r/Spiderman most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 16:00 UTC, with the fewest around 08:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/Spiderman about?
The community describes itself as: “The subreddit for the Marvel character and friendly neighborhood wall crawler, Spider-Man” Recent post titles often mention spider-man, peter, halloween, mord and marvel. Most posts are images (44%).
Is r/Spiderman safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/Spiderman as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/Spiderman?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/Spiderman accepts both text and link posts, with images and galleries enabled. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “Civility and reddiquette”; “No Tired Posts/Overdone Subjects”; “Pirated Content”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/Spiderman?
Communities with similar topics include r/Marvel (3.8M), r/ChainsawMan (1.5M), r/OnePunchMan (2.3M), r/marvelstudios (4.9M) and r/marvelmemes (4.3M).
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/Spiderman.