About r/evilbuildings
In its own words:
Buildings that look evil, ominous, and that which could be the home of a supervillain.
Community guide
r/evilbuildings (#835, about 1.3 million subscribers) is oriented around: Buildings that look evil, ominous, and that which could be the home of a supervillain. Recent activity samples show 5.4 posts/day in recent samples (~76% image, ~22% gallery, ~3% text). Public rules we collected include: Must be an "evil" building; Provide context if available; Be kind to each other; Oppose bigotry; Maintain community health.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Civility rules are enforced; personal attacks get removed. Match posts to: Must be an "evil" building; Provide context if available; Be kind to each other; Oppose bigotry. 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. Common flairs in samples include: Fictional Friday.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Feb 16, 2016, which makes it 10 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 821 subscribers (+0.07%). It sits just behind r/passive_income (#834) and ahead of r/FellowKids (#836) in our ranking.
What sets r/evilbuildings apart
r/evilbuildings is far more image-driven than most big subreddits: 76% 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/evilbuildings went up from 1,267,034 to 1,271,714 subscribers (+4.7K, +0.37%). 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/evilbuildings talks about
Looking at the titles of 37 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “building”, “evil”, “att”, “nashville” and “austria”. Recurring phrases include “karlatornet gothenburg”. By format, 76% are images, 22% are galleries and 3% are text posts.
Activity and best time to post
r/evilbuildings gets about 5.4 new posts a day. The public archive holds 75,311 posts and 848,090 comments in total, about 11.3 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Thursday (10 posts) and the quietest was Saturday (2). Posting peaks around 10:00 UTC and is lowest around 02:00 UTC.
Rules of r/evilbuildings
The moderators of r/evilbuildings list 5 rules. In short:
- Must be an "evil" building
- Provide context if available
- Be kind to each other
- Oppose bigotry
- Maintain community health
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/evilbuildings 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/evilbuildings?
r/evilbuildings has 1,271,714 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #835 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 4,680 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/evilbuildings?
r/evilbuildings was created on Feb 16, 2016, so it has been around for 10 years.
How active is r/evilbuildings?
Moderately: r/evilbuildings gets about 5.4 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 75,311 posts and 848,090 comments.
When is r/evilbuildings most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Thursday and the quietest Saturday, and most posts arrive around 10:00 UTC, with the fewest around 02:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/evilbuildings about?
The community describes itself as: “Buildings that look evil, ominous, and that which could be the home of a supervillain.” Recent post titles often mention building, evil, att, nashville and austria. Most posts are images (76%).
Is r/evilbuildings safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/evilbuildings as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/evilbuildings?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/evilbuildings accepts both text and link posts, with images and galleries enabled. It has 5 posted rules, starting with: “Must be an "evil" building”; “Provide context if available”; “Be kind to each other”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/evilbuildings?
Communities with similar topics include r/cringepics (1.5M), r/starterpacks (6.5M), r/homeautomation (4.6M), r/Jazz (1.3M) and r/Pareidolia (1.2M).
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/evilbuildings.