About r/Warhammer40k
In its own words:
Warhammer 40k is a franchise created by Games Workshop, detailing the far future and the grim darkness it holds. The main attraction of 40k is the miniatures, but there are also many video games, board games, books, ect. that are all connected in the 40k universe. This subreddit is for anything and everything related to Warhammer 40k.
Community guide
r/Warhammer40k (#650, about 1.6 million subscribers) is oriented around: Warhammer 40k is a franchise created by Games Workshop, detailing the far future and the grim darkness it holds. The main attraction of 40k is the miniatures, but there are also many video games, board games, books,… Recent activity samples show 166 posts/day in recent samples (~42% gallery, ~27% image, ~26% text). Public rules we collected include: Be respectful; DO NOT post full rules quotes from the BRB or Codexes; No political posts; No Buying, Selling or Trading. Use /r/Miniswap; Low effort posts will be removed at moderators discretion..
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Self-promotion and ads are limited—read those rules before linking your own work. 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. Common flairs in samples include: Hobby & Painting, Misc, Art, Cosplay & OC, New Starter Help. Volume is high—clear titles help.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on May 13, 2010, which makes it 16 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,976 subscribers (+0.12%). Among the 17 communities on our miniatures and warhammer list it is the largest. It sits just behind r/climbing (#649) and ahead of r/indiameme (#651) in our ranking.
What sets r/Warhammer40k apart
For its size it is unusually busy: about 101.4 new posts a day per million members, more than 96% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.89% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 93% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (12:00 UTC) sees about 3.0× as many posts as the quietest (04:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/Warhammer40k grew from 1,626,068 to 1,640,591 subscribers (+14.5K, +0.89%). That is about 330 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/Warhammer40k talks about
We read the titles of 700 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “warhammer”, “army”, “help”, “wip” and “space”. Other frequent themes are mini, finished, painted, painting, halloween and model. Recurring phrases include “space marine”, “warhammer 40k”, “blood angels” and “space marines”. By format, 42% are galleries, 27% are images and 26% are text posts.
Popular post flairs: Hobby & Painting (391), Misc (72), Art, Cosplay & OC (64), New Starter Help (62), Rules (42), Lore (31).
Activity and best time to post
r/Warhammer40k gets about 170 new posts a day. The public archive holds 959,527 posts and 10,204,405 comments in total, about 10.6 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Monday (191 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (146). Posting peaks around 12:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.
Rules of r/Warhammer40k
The moderators of r/Warhammer40k list 7 rules. In short:
- Be respectful
- DO NOT post full rules quotes from the BRB or Codexes
- No political posts
- No Buying, Selling or Trading. Use /r/Miniswap
- Low effort posts will be removed at moderators discretion.
- No Memes
- Submissions from accounts with low karma scores will be filtered automatically to help avoid spam
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/Warhammer40k 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/Warhammer40k have?
r/Warhammer40k has 1,640,591 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #650 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 14,523 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/Warhammer40k?
r/Warhammer40k was created on May 13, 2010, so it has been around for 16 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Dec 10, 2011.
How active is r/Warhammer40k?
Very active: r/Warhammer40k gets about 170 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 959,527 posts and 10,204,405 comments. In a sample of 700 recent posts we counted 616 different authors.
When is r/Warhammer40k most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Monday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 12:00 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 is r/Warhammer40k about?
The community describes itself as: “Warhammer 40k is a franchise created by Games Workshop, detailing the far future and the grim darkness it holds. The main attraction of 40k is the miniatures, but there are also many video games, board games, books, ect…” Recent post titles often mention warhammer, army, help, wip and space. Most posts are galleries (42%).
Is r/Warhammer40k safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/Warhammer40k as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/Warhammer40k?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/Warhammer40k accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 7 posted rules, starting with: “Be respectful”; “DO NOT post full rules quotes from the BRB or Codexes”; “No political posts”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/Warhammer40k?
Communities with similar topics include r/halo (2M), r/Sims4 (2M), r/boardgames (5.5M), r/Documentaries (20.4M) and r/starterpacks (6.5M).
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/Warhammer40k.