About r/copypasta
In its own words:
Find every copypasta here or Copypastatext.com
Community guide
r/copypasta (#880, about 1.2 million) archives and shares copypasta text—reusable joke blocks—rather than original short stories or advice threads.
What belongs
Actual copypasta (and finds). Recent samples about 26 posts/day. Collected rules ban erotica, non-pasta posts, racist content, untagged NSFW, pure repost spam, upvote begging and brigades.
Versus MyPeopleNeedMe and TwoSentenceHorror
Related lists mix meme and horror rooms. Copypasta is specifically pasteable text templates. Horror microfiction belongs in TwoSentenceHorror; video exit gags in MyPeopleNeedMe.
Practical pointers
If it is not a pasta, it will be removed under "Not a copypasta." Tag NSFW when needed; do not use the sub to organise raids.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Sep 13, 2009, which makes it 17 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 745 subscribers (+0.06%). It sits just behind r/airpods (#879) and ahead of r/corgi (#881) in our ranking.
What sets r/copypasta apart
r/copypasta is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 100% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 34% across the Top 100. r/copypasta is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 5.1 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 13.0. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (03:00 UTC) sees about 5.3× as many posts as the quietest (04:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/copypasta climbed from 1,203,068 to 1,207,658 subscribers (+4.6K, +0.38%). That is about 104 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/copypasta talks about
We read the titles of 204 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “fucking”, “play”, “put”, “dead” and “bad”. Other frequent themes are family, blue, started, actually, friend and officially. Recurring phrases include “nut november”, “singer dead” and “dead mother”. By format, 100% are text posts.
Popular post flairs: Trigger Warning (26), Spoilers (4).
Activity and best time to post
r/copypasta gets about 26 new posts a day. The public archive holds 600,741 posts and 3,060,333 comments in total, about 5.1 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Thursday (35 posts) and the quietest was Sunday (24). Posting peaks around 03:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.
Rules of r/copypasta
The moderators of r/copypasta list 8 rules. In short:
- No erotica
- Not a copypasta
- Racist content
- If your posts are NSFW, tag them as such
- Repost
- Spam
- Upvote Begging
- No brigade pls
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/copypasta 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/copypasta have?
r/copypasta has 1,207,658 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #880 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 4,590 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/copypasta created?
r/copypasta was created on Sep 13, 2009, so it has been around for 17 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Oct 4, 2012.
Is r/copypasta still active?
Yes. r/copypasta gets about 26 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 600,741 posts and 3,060,333 comments. In a sample of 204 recent posts we counted 170 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/copypasta?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Thursday and the quietest Sunday, and most posts arrive around 03:00 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 kind of posts are on r/copypasta?
The community describes itself as: “Find every copypasta here or Copypastatext.com” Recent post titles often mention fucking, play, put, dead and bad. Most posts are text posts (100%).
Is r/copypasta SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/copypasta 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/copypasta?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/copypasta accepts text posts only. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “No erotica”; “Not a copypasta”; “Racist content”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/copypasta?
Communities with similar topics include r/TwoXChromosomes (13.7M), r/TwoSentenceHorror (1.9M), r/TwoHotTakes (1.4M), r/Costco (1.6M) and r/skiing (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/copypasta.