About r/cringepics
In its own words:
Pics and vids that make you go YIKES!
Community guide
r/cringepics (#724, about 1.5 million subscribers) covers Pics and vids that make you go YIKES!. Recent activity samples show 3.0 posts/day in recent samples (~79% image, ~11% link, ~11% gallery). Public rules we collected include: Remember the Human; No doxxing; No Content Involving mental illness; No spam, reposts or self promotion.
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 channel or shop. Match posts to: Remember the Human; No doxxing; No Content Involving mental illness; No spam, reposts or self promotion. Recent samples are image-heavy; titles should explain why the media belongs here.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; collected snapshots can lag. Search before reposting common clips or questions.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Oct 14, 2012, which makes it 14 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 81 subscribers (+0.01%). It sits just behind r/SpecArt (#723) and ahead of r/cursedimages (#725) in our ranking.
What sets r/cringepics apart
Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 2.0 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/cringepics went up from 1,467,305 to 1,467,939 subscribers (+634, +0.04%). That is about 14 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Activity and best time to post
r/cringepics gets about 3.0 new posts a day. The public archive holds 374,895 posts and 6,818,981 comments in total, about 18.2 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (5 posts) and the quietest was Thursday (1).
Rules of r/cringepics
The moderators of r/cringepics list 4 rules. In short:
- Remember the Human
- No doxxing
- No Content Involving mental illness
- No spam, reposts or self promotion
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/cringepics 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/cringepics have?
r/cringepics has 1,467,939 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #724 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 634 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/cringepics?
r/cringepics was created on Oct 14, 2012, so it has been around for 14 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Nov 2, 2012.
How active is r/cringepics?
Moderately: r/cringepics gets about 3.0 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 374,895 posts and 6,818,981 comments.
When is r/cringepics most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday and the quietest Thursday. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/cringepics about?
The community describes itself as: “Pics and vids that make you go YIKES!”
Is r/cringepics safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/cringepics as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/cringepics?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/cringepics accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts), with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 4 posted rules, starting with: “Remember the Human”; “No doxxing”; “No Content Involving mental illness”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/cringepics?
Communities with similar topics include r/pics (33.6M), r/yesyesyesyesno (2.9M), r/assholedesign (3.1M), r/lego (2.8M) and r/VintageFashion (1.7M).
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/cringepics.