About r/Terraria
In its own words:
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. The world is your canvas and the ground itself is your paint.
Community guide
r/Terraria (#647, about 1.6 million subscribers) is oriented around: Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. The world is your canvas and the ground itself is your paint. Recent activity samples show 73 posts/day in recent samples (~44% image, ~29% text, ~17% gallery). Public rules we collected include: Only Terraria related content; English language only; No bad behaviour; Mark spoilers; Limit self-promotion. 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 and endings. Self-promotion and ads are limited—read those rules before linking your own work. Piracy talk is removed; keep to legitimate options. Low-effort memes/empty shitposts are often removed—add real context.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rule list—not merely a larger sibling community. The public rule list is long enough that skimming all entries once beats assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; collected snapshots can lag. Err on spoiler tags. Search before reposting common clips/questions. Common flairs in samples include: PC, Art, Build, Mobile.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Apr 23, 2011, which makes it 15 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,009 subscribers (+0.06%). It sits just behind r/nostalgia (#646) and ahead of r/snowboarding (#648) in our ranking.
What sets r/Terraria apart
Compared with other large communities, r/Terraria leans heavily on images (44% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 21%). For its size it is unusually busy: about 44.2 new posts a day per million members, more than 85% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (18:00 UTC) sees about 3.2× as many posts as the quietest (06:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/Terraria went up from 1,638,325 to 1,645,438 subscribers (+7.1K, +0.43%). That is about 162 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/Terraria talks about
Looking at the titles of 458 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “help”, “world”, “house”, “game” and “playthrough”. Other frequent themes are blind, shimmer, build, base, seed and mode. Recurring phrases include “arc surge”, “blind playthrough”, “master mode” and “expert mode”. By format, 44% are images, 29% are text posts and 17% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: PC (96), Art (78), Build (67), Mobile (56), Modded (43), Meme (41).
Activity and best time to post
r/Terraria gets about 73 new posts a day. The public archive holds 775,816 posts and 8,157,240 comments in total, about 10.5 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (82 posts) and the quietest was Monday (47). Posting peaks around 18:00 UTC and is lowest around 06:00 UTC.
Rules of r/Terraria
The moderators of r/Terraria list 12 rules. In short:
- Only Terraria related content
- English language only
- No bad behaviour
- Mark spoilers
- Limit self-promotion
- Failure to provide proper attribution
- No game begging, trading, or baiting
- No low quality/effort submissions
- No memes outside of weekends
- No duplicate posts
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/Terraria 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/Terraria have?
r/Terraria has 1,645,438 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #647 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 7,113 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/Terraria?
r/Terraria was created on Apr 23, 2011, so it has been around for 15 years.
How active is r/Terraria?
Very active: r/Terraria gets about 73 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 775,816 posts and 8,157,240 comments. In a sample of 458 recent posts we counted 346 different authors.
When is r/Terraria most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday and the quietest Monday, and most posts arrive around 18:00 UTC, with the fewest around 06:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/Terraria about?
The community describes itself as: “Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. The world is your canvas and the ground itself is your paint.” Recent post titles often mention help, world, house, game and playthrough. Most posts are images (44%).
Is r/Terraria safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/Terraria as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/Terraria?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/Terraria accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 12 posted rules, starting with: “Only Terraria related content”; “English language only”; “No bad behaviour”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/Terraria?
Communities with similar topics include r/Eldenring (4.9M), r/Minecraftbuilds (1.3M), r/Genshin_Impact (3.9M), r/burgers (1.5M) and r/midjourney (1.8M).
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/Terraria.