About r/WTF
In its own words:
Things that will make others say "What the F*ck".
Community guide
r/WTF is for material that reliably produces a “what the f*ck” reaction—weird, unsettling, or bizarre—without becoming a gore or porn board. Rank #110 (about 7.1 million subscribers). Collected rules ban untagged NSFW, gore/death, rage-bait politics, screenshots/recordings in defined cases, and AI/cartoon/photoshop fabrications, which pushes toward odd real-world media.
Fit test
Ask whether the artifact is genuinely WTF or merely funny, political, or shocking-for-outrage. Outrage and political posts are called out for removal in the rules we have.
Practical pointers
Tag NSFW properly; do not treat porn as default WTF. No personal information. No upvote begging. Activity samples mix images and video at a moderate pace.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jan 25, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,490 subscribers (+0.02%). It sits just behind r/therewasanattempt (#109) and ahead of r/programming (#111) in our ranking.
What sets r/WTF apart
Compared with other large communities, r/WTF leans heavily on images (48% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 17%). Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (20:00 UTC) sees about 10.0× as many posts as the quietest (09:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/WTF went up from 7,088,303 to 7,100,654 subscribers (+12.4K, +0.17%). That is about 281 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Top posts on r/WTF this week
The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Nov 2, 2026).
- Wasp built a nest on the door, when I smashed it, this is what I found. Some of these caterpillars were still alive (barely).u/BrozzerAbdullahBot · Oct 30 · gallery
- Man playing game with an airbag installed under his sofau/HonestzPractice · Oct 30 · video
- Woman gets hit by a runaway tire.u/steady_as_a_rock · Nov 1 · video
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/WTF, from 2017 to 2021, ranked by Reddit.
- Annoyed by loud music, man uses drone to hit neighbors with fireworksu/profeta- · Jul 15, 2019 · 98,827 points · 4,688 comments · video
- Confessed killer Stephen McDaniel keeps his body eerily still during 2 hour interrogationu/agemolotta · Oct 11, 2019 · 100,998 points · 4,332 comments · video
- Guy throws gator into lakeu/Circuit_8 · Nov 28, 2018 · 89,741 points · 3,274 comments · video
- I split up with my boyfriend yesterday. I fell asleep while he was packing and he stole my toilet.u/shelblikadoo · Aug 14, 2018 · 82,911 points · 5,959 comments · link
- Cougar stalks man for 6 minutes during runu/bobsmilkbone · Oct 12, 2020 · video
- Best thing I found on the internet todayu/cadsii · Apr 29, 2019 · 81,034 points · 2,191 comments · video
- No filters. Australia is red from wildfires.Dec 31, 2019 · 83,272 points · 2,641 comments · image
- My buddy is a maniac... Just watchu/wh1t30ut · Jul 29, 2020 · video
- Landslide in northern Norway, 3rd of June 2020u/Aurum2k · Jun 3, 2020 · video
- Started work this morning, put my headset on, felt something furry in my ear, looked and there is a bat in my headset.u/soulhacler · Aug 31, 2021 · 75,437 points · 4,525 comments · image
What r/WTF talks about
We read the titles of 106 recent posts (Oct 24–Oct 31), the words that come up most are “found”, “local”, “saw”, “man” and “video”. Other frequent themes are person, india, hive, hole, inside and fuck. By format, 48% are images, 41% are videos and 7% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: Removed - R1. No Screenshots/Recordings (18), Removed / Wrong Subreddit (11), Removed - Read the rules (9), Removed: Not WTF (5), Removed - R6 No Superimposed Text (3), R7: AI, comics, cartoons, etc. (2).
Activity and best time to post
r/WTF gets about 16 new posts a day. The public archive holds 2,344,742 posts and 50,442,874 comments in total, about 21.5 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Friday (31 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (10). Posting peaks around 20:00 UTC and is lowest around 09:00 UTC.
Rules of r/WTF
The moderators of r/WTF list 12 rules. In short:
- No Screenshots/Recordings
- No Personal Information
- No rage worthy or outrage posts
- No Political posts
- No Untagged NSFW posts
- No Superimposed Text
- No AI, comics, anime, cartoons, photoshops, etc
- No Begging for Upvotes
- No Links to Reddit
- NO GORE or Death. Porn is not WTF by default.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/WTF 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/WTF have?
r/WTF has 7,100,654 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #110 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 12,351 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/WTF created?
r/WTF was created on Jan 25, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
Is r/WTF still active?
Yes. r/WTF gets about 16 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 2,344,742 posts and 50,442,874 comments. In a sample of 106 recent posts we counted 97 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/WTF?
Based on post counts from Oct 24, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026, the busiest day was Friday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 20:00 UTC, with the fewest around 09:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/WTF?
The community describes itself as: “Things that will make others say "What the F*ck".” Recent post titles often mention found, local, saw, man and video. Most posts are images (48%).
Is r/WTF SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/WTF 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/WTF?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/WTF accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts), with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 12 posted rules, starting with: “No Screenshots/Recordings”; “No Personal Information”; “No rage worthy or outrage posts”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/WTF?
Communities with similar topics include r/instant_regret (4.5M), r/dating (6.3M), r/history (18.8M), r/socialskills (6.4M) and r/somethingimade (3.1M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 2, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). 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/WTF.