About r/lotr
In its own words:
A place to discuss Lord of the Rings, the Hobbit, and any of Tolkien's work!
Community guide
r/lotr (#789, about 1.4 million subscribers) is oriented around: A place to discuss Lord of the Rings, the Hobbit, and any of Tolkien's work! Recent activity samples show 45 posts/day in recent samples (~41% image, ~26% text, ~23% gallery). Public rules we collected include: Post Flairs; No Abusive Language; No Buying, Selling, or Advertising; Be Civil And No Political Or Racial Content; No Memes or AI-generated Content. Directory metadata files it under “Entertainment”.
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. Piracy talk is removed. 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. Search before reposting. Common flairs in samples include: Fan Creations, Costumes, Movies, Other.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jan 3, 2010, which makes it 16 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,846 subscribers (+0.14%). It sits just behind r/4chan (#788) and ahead of r/brooklynninenine (#790) in our ranking.
What sets r/lotr apart
r/lotr is far more image-driven than most big subreddits: 41% of its recent posts are images, against a median of 21% across the Top 100. For its size it is unusually busy: about 33.1 new posts a day per million members, more than 80% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.98% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 94% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (15:00 UTC) sees about 5.4× as many posts as the quietest (07:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/lotr grew from 1,342,404 to 1,355,520 subscribers (+13.1K, +0.98%). That is about 298 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/lotr talks about
We read the titles of 355 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “rings”, “halloween”, “lord”, “costume” and “king”. Other frequent themes are hobbit, witch, sauron, ring, gandalf and aragorn. Recurring phrases include “witch king”, “halloween costume”, “happy halloween” and “middle earth”. By format, 41% are images, 26% are text posts and 23% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: Fan Creations (78), Costumes (58), Movies (57), Other (45), Books (42), Question (41).
Activity and best time to post
r/lotr gets about 45 new posts a day. The public archive holds 198,434 posts and 3,704,096 comments in total, about 18.7 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Saturday (65 posts) and the quietest was Tuesday (39). Posting peaks around 15:00 UTC and is lowest around 07:00 UTC.
Rules of r/lotr
The moderators of r/lotr list 10 rules. In short:
- Post Flairs
- No Abusive Language
- No Buying, Selling, or Advertising
- Be Civil And No Political Or Racial Content
- No Memes or AI-generated Content
- NSFW Content
- Post Quality
- Spoiler Policy
- Reposts/Repeated Topics
- No discussion of piracy
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/lotr 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/lotr?
r/lotr has 1,355,520 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #789 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 13,116 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/lotr created?
r/lotr was created on Jan 3, 2010, so it has been around for 16 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Mar 18, 2010.
Is r/lotr still active?
Yes. r/lotr gets about 45 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 198,434 posts and 3,704,096 comments. In a sample of 355 recent posts we counted 316 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/lotr?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Saturday and the quietest Tuesday, and most posts arrive around 15:00 UTC, with the fewest around 07:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/lotr?
The community describes itself as: “A place to discuss Lord of the Rings, the Hobbit, and any of Tolkien's work!” Recent post titles often mention rings, halloween, lord, costume and king. Most posts are images (41%).
Is r/lotr SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/lotr 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/lotr?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/lotr accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 10 posted rules, starting with: “Post Flairs”; “No Abusive Language”; “No Buying, Selling, or Advertising”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/lotr?
Communities with similar topics include r/lotrmemes (3.1M), r/Eldenring (4.9M), r/Bossfight (1.5M), r/worldbuilding (1.9M) and r/antiwork (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/lotr.