About r/darksouls
In its own words:
A community dedicated to Dark Souls I, game released for PC, PlayStation 3 and 4, Xbox 360/One, and Switch (Remastered).
Community guide
r/darksouls (#939, about 1.2 million) is dedicated to Dark Souls I (including Remastered across platforms)—not the whole FromSoftware catalogue—and bans online-harmful cheat talk.
What belongs
Dark Souls 1 content (about 29 posts/day). Rules: respect; DS1 relevance; no NSFW/crass; OC-only fan art; no cheats/mods that hurt online play; no sales/ads; limited self-promo; meme/screenshot guidelines; no rage/tier-list low effort.
Versus darksouls3 and Eldenring
Those cover later titles. darksouls stays on the first game’s world, builds and help threads.
Practical pointers
Keep fan art OC; don’t discuss online-breaking cheats.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Feb 2, 2011, which makes it 15 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 501 subscribers (+0.04%). It sits just behind r/CrossStitch (#938) and ahead of r/MUAontheCheap (#940) in our ranking.
What sets r/darksouls apart
Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (18:00 UTC) sees about 8.0× as many posts as the quietest (08:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/darksouls climbed from 1,130,356 to 1,133,666 subscribers (+3.3K, +0.29%). That is about 75 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/darksouls talks about
Looking at the titles of 203 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “dark”, “souls”, “help”, “boss” and “game”. Other frequent themes are smough, ds1, kill, ornstein, question and anor. Recurring phrases include “dark souls”, “anor londo”, “seamless coop” and “kill seath”. By format, 56% are text posts, 21% are images and 13% are videos.
Popular post flairs: Discussion (58), Help (31), Question (25), Fan Art (17), Video (17), Screenshot (14).
Activity and best time to post
r/darksouls gets about 29 new posts a day. The public archive holds 402,391 posts and 5,537,936 comments in total, about 13.8 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Monday (37 posts) and the quietest was Thursday (19). Posting peaks around 18:00 UTC and is lowest around 08:00 UTC.
Rules of r/darksouls
The moderators of r/darksouls list 9 rules. In short:
- Please be respectful, do not harass others.
- Content must pertain to Dark Souls 1.
- NSFW and otherwise crass content is not allowed.
- All fan-art should be OC; only the original creator may submit it.
- Do not discuss cheats or mods that negatively affect online play.
- No sales, sales links, directing to sales, soliciting donations, or advertisements whatsoever.
- Self promotion posts are allowed once per week with community participation.
- Memes, screenshots, and video clips should follow the subreddit guidelines.
- No trolling, karma farming, rage posts, tier lists or other low-effort submissions.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/darksouls 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 subscribers does r/darksouls have?
r/darksouls has 1,133,666 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #939 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 3,310 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/darksouls?
r/darksouls was created on Feb 2, 2011, so it has been around for 15 years.
How active is r/darksouls?
Very active: r/darksouls gets about 29 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 402,391 posts and 5,537,936 comments. In a sample of 203 recent posts we counted 161 different authors.
When is r/darksouls most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Monday and the quietest Thursday, and most posts arrive around 18:00 UTC, with the fewest around 08:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/darksouls about?
The community describes itself as: “A community dedicated to Dark Souls I, game released for PC, PlayStation 3 and 4, Xbox 360/One, and Switch (Remastered).” Recent post titles often mention dark, souls, help, boss and game. Most posts are text posts (56%).
Is r/darksouls safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/darksouls as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/darksouls?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/darksouls accepts both text and link posts, with images, galleries and polls enabled. It has 9 posted rules, starting with: “Please be respectful, do not harass others.”; “Content must pertain to Dark Souls 1.”; “NSFW and otherwise crass content is not allowed.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/darksouls?
Communities with similar topics include r/HollowKnight (1.2M), r/diablo4 (1.5M), r/me_irl (8M), r/playstation (2M) and r/DeepIntoYouTube (3M).
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/darksouls.