About r/blunderyears
In its own words:
Do you still cringingly remember "Fuck drugs and government", the hardcore hit of your 15 year self? Have you just found your old myspace picture, xXxLadyDarkness85xXx? Come and share your dusty treasure for the world - and you - to laugh and regret - *Together.* So come and tell us what the old you was up to!
Community guide
r/blunderyears (#941, about 1.2 million) is where people share their own cringey old looks and usernames—true personal blunders at least three years old—for communal secondhand embarrassment.
What belongs
Your own aged blunders (about 5 posts/day). Rules: true blunders; creative titles; ≥3 years old; subject should be you; ask permission if needed; thoughtful replies; no PII; no gatekeeping; mods may remove freely.
Versus oldpeoplefacebook
That room laughs at elders’ Facebook posts. blunderyears is autobiographical teen/young-adult regret.
Practical pointers
Post yourself, not random strangers; keep personal info scrubbed.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jan 3, 2013, which makes it 13 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 894 subscribers (+0.08%). It sits just behind r/MUAontheCheap (#940) and ahead of r/interiordecorating (#942) in our ranking.
What sets r/blunderyears apart
r/blunderyears is far more image-driven than most big subreddits: 62% of its recent posts are images, against a median of 22% across the Top 100.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/blunderyears grew from 1,124,920 to 1,129,581 subscribers (+4.7K, +0.41%). That is about 106 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/blunderyears talks about
We read the titles of 29 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “school”, “high”, “scene”, “bangs” and “teen”. Other frequent themes are friend, kid, halloween, sister, photoshoot and central. Recurring phrases include “high school” and “central park”. By format, 62% are images, 28% are galleries and 7% are videos.
Popular post flairs: B & A (3), /r/all (1).
Activity and best time to post
r/blunderyears gets about 4.7 new posts a day. The public archive holds 89,625 posts and 2,273,397 comments in total, about 25.4 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Thursday (8 posts) and the quietest was Monday (2). Posting peaks around 14:00 UTC and is lowest around 00:00 UTC.
Rules of r/blunderyears
The moderators of r/blunderyears list 11 rules. In short:
- True blunders only
- You must have a creative title.
- Your blunder must have been at least 3 years ago
- The subject should be of you
- 'Now' pictures are great but not required.
- Ask permission
- Be thoughtful when replying
- No posting personal information
- Report content that breaks the rules
- All posts are subject to removal without notice at the moderators' discretion.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/blunderyears 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 members does r/blunderyears have?
r/blunderyears has 1,129,581 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #941 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 4,661 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/blunderyears?
r/blunderyears was created on Jan 3, 2013, so it has been around for 13 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Jan 4, 2013.
How active is r/blunderyears?
Moderately: r/blunderyears gets about 4.7 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 89,625 posts and 2,273,397 comments.
When is r/blunderyears most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Thursday and the quietest Monday, and most posts arrive around 14:00 UTC, with the fewest around 00:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/blunderyears about?
The community describes itself as: “Do you still cringingly remember "Fuck drugs and government", the hardcore hit of your 15 year self? Have you just found your old myspace picture, xXxLadyDarkness85xXx? Come and share your dusty treasure for the world -…” Recent post titles often mention school, high, scene, bangs and teen. Most posts are images (62%).
Is r/blunderyears safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/blunderyears as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/blunderyears?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/blunderyears accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 11 posted rules, starting with: “True blunders only”; “You must have a creative title.”; “Your blunder must have been at least 3 years ago”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/blunderyears?
Communities with similar topics include r/TheWayWeWere (1.7M), r/FuckYouKaren (1.4M), r/dogpictures (1.1M), r/self (1.8M) and r/Aquariums (1.6M).
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/blunderyears.