About r/ffxiv
In its own words:
A community for fans of the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, with an expanded free trial that includes the entirety of A Realm Reborn and the award-winning Heavenward and Stormblood expansions up to level 70 with no restrictions on playtime. FFXIV's latest expansion, Dawntrail, is out now!
Community guide
r/ffxiv (#775, about 1.4 million subscribers) is oriented around: A community for fans of the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, with an expanded free trial that includes the entirety of A Realm Reborn and the award-winning Heavenward and Stormblood expansions up to… Recent activity samples show 82 posts/day in recent samples (~56% text, ~29% image, ~8% gallery). Public rules we collected include: Be civil and respectful, no name shaming; Abide by these listed FFXIV User Agreement topics; Mark all spoilers; Restricted types of content; Ensure screenshots are easily understood. Directory metadata files it under “Games”.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Spoiler tags matter for fresh releases, endings, or results. Self-promotion and ads are limited—read those rules before linking your own work. Civility rules are enforced; personal attacks get removed.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community. Skim the full public rule list once rather than assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; collected snapshots can lag. Err on spoiler tags. Common flairs in samples include: [Question], [Discussion], [Fanart - Original Content], [In-game screenshot]. Volume is high—clear titles help.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jan 28, 2010, which makes it 16 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,062 subscribers (+0.08%). It sits just behind r/futbol (#774) and ahead of r/LegalAdviceUK (#776) in our ranking.
What sets r/ffxiv apart
It is a discussion-heavy community, with about 26.2 comments per post over its lifetime versus a Top 100 median of 13.1. For its size it is unusually busy: about 60.1 new posts a day per million members, more than 91% of the Top 100.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/ffxiv climbed from 1,366,704 to 1,372,818 subscribers (+6.1K, +0.45%). That is about 139 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/ffxiv talks about
Across 644 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “evercold”, “brawler”, “keybound”, “game” and “question”. Other frequent themes are spoiler, fanfest, player, art, keyboard and edition. Recurring phrases include “keybound brawler”, “keyboard brawler”, “daily questions” and “questions faq”. By format, 56% are text posts, 29% are images and 8% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: [Question] (165), [Discussion] (160), [Fanart - Original Content] (52), [In-game screenshot] (37), [Meme] (31), [Fluff] (30).
Activity and best time to post
r/ffxiv gets about 83 new posts a day. The public archive holds 794,044 posts and 20,816,778 comments in total, about 26.2 comments per post.
Rules of r/ffxiv
The moderators of r/ffxiv list 12 rules. In short:
- Be civil and respectful, no name shaming
- Abide by these listed FFXIV User Agreement topics
- Mark all spoilers
- Restricted types of content
- Ensure screenshots are easily understood
- Fanworks
- Don't spam
- Search before posting
- No sexual NSFW content
- Misleading information
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/ffxiv 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/ffxiv have?
r/ffxiv has 1,372,818 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #775 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 6,114 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/ffxiv created?
r/ffxiv was created on Jan 28, 2010, so it has been around for 16 years.
Is r/ffxiv still active?
Yes. r/ffxiv gets about 83 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 794,044 posts and 20,816,778 comments. In a sample of 644 recent posts we counted 533 different authors.
What kind of posts are on r/ffxiv?
The community describes itself as: “A community for fans of the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, with an expanded free trial that includes the entirety of A Realm Reborn and the award-winning Heavenward and Stormblood expansions up to level …” Recent post titles often mention evercold, brawler, keybound, game and question. Most posts are text posts (56%).
Is r/ffxiv SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/ffxiv 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/ffxiv?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/ffxiv accepts both text and link posts, with images, galleries and polls enabled. It has 12 posted rules, starting with: “Be civil and respectful, no name shaming”; “Abide by these listed FFXIV User Agreement topics”; “Mark all spoilers”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/ffxiv?
Communities with similar topics include r/DotA2 (1.8M), r/witcher (1.4M), r/Fantasy (4M), r/diablo4 (1.5M) and r/SpecArt (1.5M).
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/ffxiv.