About r/notinteresting
In its own words:
For things that are not interesting at all
Community guide
r/notinteresting (#779, about 1.4 million subscribers) is oriented around: For things that are not interesting at all Recent activity samples show 225 posts/day in recent samples (~82% image, ~12% gallery, ~6% video). Public rules we collected include: The submission should not be interesting; No Racism and Hate speech; Moderator Discretion; No Blank Images or really low effort posts; "I have an (un)interesting thing but I won't show you" posts are banned.
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 real context. 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. Common flairs in samples include: R8 Removed - No "Reddit Meta" Posts. Volume is high—clear titles help.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on May 2, 2012, which makes it 14 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 2,809 subscribers (+0.21%). Among the 16 communities on our interesting facts list it is number 7 by size. It sits just behind r/awesome (#778) and ahead of r/Awww (#780) in our ranking.
What sets r/notinteresting apart
Compared with other large communities, r/notinteresting leans heavily on images (82% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 21%). For its size it is unusually busy: about 164.4 new posts a day per million members, more than 99% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 1.26% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 97% of the Top 100.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/notinteresting grew from 1,352,269 to 1,369,291 subscribers (+17K, +1.26%). That is about 387 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/notinteresting talks about
Looking at the titles of 600 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “found”, “halloween”, “saw”, “ago” and “dog”. Other frequent themes are photo, bottle, life, love, phone and home. Recurring phrases include “donate blood”, “funny looking”, “whole life” and “ounce copper”. By format, 82% are images, 12% are galleries and 6% are videos.
Activity and best time to post
r/notinteresting gets about 230 new posts a day. The public archive holds 688,152 posts and 6,661,180 comments in total, about 9.7 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Saturday (262 posts) and the quietest was Monday (204). Posting peaks around 20:00 UTC and is lowest around 08:00 UTC.
Rules of r/notinteresting
The moderators of r/notinteresting list 8 rules. In short:
- The submission should not be interesting
- No Racism and Hate speech
- Moderator Discretion
- No Blank Images or really low effort posts
- "I have an (un)interesting thing but I won't show you" posts are banned
- "Comment x" posts are banned
- No contextless selfies
- No "Reddit Meta" Posts
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/notinteresting 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/notinteresting?
r/notinteresting has 1,369,291 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #779 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 17,022 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/notinteresting?
r/notinteresting was created on May 2, 2012, so it has been around for 14 years.
How active is r/notinteresting?
Very active: r/notinteresting gets about 230 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 688,152 posts and 6,661,180 comments. In a sample of 600 recent posts we counted 492 different authors.
When is r/notinteresting most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Saturday and the quietest Monday, and most posts arrive around 20:00 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/notinteresting about?
The community describes itself as: “For things that are not interesting at all” Recent post titles often mention found, halloween, saw, ago and dog. Most posts are images (82%).
Is r/notinteresting safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/notinteresting as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/notinteresting?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/notinteresting accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts), with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “The submission should not be interesting”; “No Racism and Hate speech”; “Moderator Discretion”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/notinteresting?
Communities with similar topics include r/interesting (2.2M), r/AMA (1.9M), r/interestingasfuck (16.9M), r/Damnthatsinteresting (20.6M) and r/mildlyinteresting (25.4M).
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/notinteresting.