About r/awfuleverything
In its own words:
Everything Awful! Lament with us as we view all things that are just genuinely awful.
Community guide
r/awfuleverything (#781, about 1.4 million subscribers) is oriented around: Everything Awful! Lament with us as we view all things that are just genuinely awful. Recent activity samples show 2.9 posts/day in recent samples (~50% link, ~25% video, ~20% image). Public rules we collected include: No violations of Reddit's content policy; No Minors; Inciting/Encouraging violence, death, harm etc.; Be Civil; Revealing personal information.
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. Civility rules are enforced; personal attacks get removed.
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. Search before reposting.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Oct 23, 2014, which makes it 12 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 109 subscribers (+0.01%). It sits just behind r/Awww (#780) and ahead of r/SquaredCircle (#782) in our ranking.
What sets r/awfuleverything apart
Posts here spark a lot of conversation: the archive averages 29.6 comments per post, roughly 2.3× the typical big subreddit (13.1). Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 2.1 new posts a day per million members, which puts it in the quietest fifth of the Top 100. A good post has less competition here.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/awfuleverything climbed from 1,367,167 to 1,367,912 subscribers (+745, +0.05%). That is about 17 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/awfuleverything talks about
Looking at the titles of 20 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “man”, “wife”, “found”, “christa” and “pike”. Other frequent themes are allegedly, disability, meet and women. Recurring phrases include “christa pike” and “meet women”. By format, 50% are links, 25% are videos and 20% are images.
Activity and best time to post
r/awfuleverything gets about 2.9 new posts a day. The public archive holds 181,395 posts and 5,363,976 comments in total, about 29.6 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Tuesday (5 posts) and the quietest was Saturday (1).
Rules of r/awfuleverything
The moderators of r/awfuleverything list 11 rules. In short:
- No violations of Reddit's content policy
- No Minors
- Inciting/Encouraging violence, death, harm etc.
- Be Civil
- Revealing personal information
- Content must be truly awful
- Don't post it if they can't help it.
- Repost Spamming
- No Politics
- No Meta
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/awfuleverything 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/awfuleverything?
r/awfuleverything has 1,367,912 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #781 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 745 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/awfuleverything?
r/awfuleverything was created on Oct 23, 2014, so it has been around for 12 years.
How active is r/awfuleverything?
Moderately: r/awfuleverything gets about 2.9 new posts a day (average of the last week). Over its lifetime the archive counts 181,395 posts and 5,363,976 comments.
When is r/awfuleverything most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Tuesday and the quietest Saturday. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/awfuleverything about?
The community describes itself as: “Everything Awful! Lament with us as we view all things that are just genuinely awful.” Recent post titles often mention man, wife, found, christa and pike. Most posts are links (50%).
Is r/awfuleverything safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/awfuleverything as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/awfuleverything?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/awfuleverything accepts both text and link posts, with images, galleries and polls enabled. It has 11 posted rules, starting with: “No violations of Reddit's content policy”; “No Minors”; “Inciting/Encouraging violence, death, harm etc.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/awfuleverything?
Communities with similar topics include r/facepalm (8.1M), r/politics (9.3M), r/ATBGE (2.3M), r/thalassophobia (1.7M) and r/daddit (2M).
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/awfuleverything.