About r/cursedimages
In its own words:
WARNING! This subreddit contains images which users may find disturbing or unsettling! Proceed at your own discretion. Posts must be CURSED IMAGES; make sure you check out the rules to see what qualifies.
Community guide
r/cursedimages (#725, about 1.5 million subscribers) is oriented around: WARNING! This subreddit contains images which users may find disturbing or unsettling! Proceed at your own discretion. Posts must be CURSED IMAGES; make sure you check out the rules to see what qualifies. Recent activity samples show 5.6 posts/day in recent samples (~100% image). Public rules we collected include: No Memes and Humorous Images, or Pop Culture References; No Low-Effort / Mundane Content; No Weird or Gross Food; No AI Generated Content; No Social Media Screenshots or Text-Focused Images.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Low-effort or empty shitposts are often removed—add context that fits the purpose. Match posts to: No Memes and Humorous Images, or Pop Culture References; No Low-Effort / Mundane Content; No Weird or Gross Food; No AI Generated Content. 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. 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. Search before reposting common clips or questions.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Sep 8, 2016, which makes it 10 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 244 subscribers (+0.02%). It sits just behind r/cringepics (#724) and ahead of r/soccercirclejerk (#726) in our ranking.
What sets r/cursedimages apart
Compared with other large communities, r/cursedimages leans heavily on images (100% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 21%). r/cursedimages is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 3.2 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 13.1.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/cursedimages grew from 1,462,098 to 1,463,576 subscribers (+1.5K, +0.10%). That is about 34 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/cursedimages gets about 5.6 new posts a day. The public archive holds 650,510 posts and 2,073,669 comments in total, about 3.2 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Thursday (10 posts) and the quietest was Friday (2). Posting peaks around 20:00 UTC and is lowest around 06:00 UTC.
Rules of r/cursedimages
The moderators of r/cursedimages list 15 rules. In short:
- No Memes and Humorous Images, or Pop Culture References
- No Low-Effort / Mundane Content
- No Weird or Gross Food
- No AI Generated Content
- No Social Media Screenshots or Text-Focused Images
- No Non-photorealistic artistic content
- No Clearly Altered "Photoshopped" Images
- No Injury / Gore Focused Images
- No Porn or Fetish Material
- Avoid Making Meta posts unless necessary
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/cursedimages 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/cursedimages?
r/cursedimages has 1,463,576 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #725 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 1,478 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/cursedimages?
r/cursedimages was created on Sep 8, 2016, so it has been around for 10 years.
How active is r/cursedimages?
Moderately: r/cursedimages gets about 5.6 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 650,510 posts and 2,073,669 comments.
When is r/cursedimages most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Thursday and the quietest Friday, and most posts arrive around 20:00 UTC, with the fewest around 06:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/cursedimages about?
The community describes itself as: “WARNING! This subreddit contains images which users may find disturbing or unsettling! Proceed at your own discretion. Posts must be CURSED IMAGES; make sure you check out the rules to see what qualifies.” Recent post titles often mention cursed. Most posts are images (100%).
Is r/cursedimages safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/cursedimages as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/cursedimages?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/cursedimages accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts), with images enabled. It has 15 posted rules, starting with: “No Memes and Humorous Images, or Pop Culture References”; “No Low-Effort / Mundane Content”; “No Weird or Gross Food”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/cursedimages?
Communities with similar topics include r/cursedcomments (3.3M), r/blursedimages (6.7M), r/weddingplanning (1.6M), r/BeAmazed (9.7M) and r/midjourney (1.8M).
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/cursedimages.