About r/peliculas
In its own words:
¡Bienvenidos a Películas! Este subreddit es el destino ideal para los amantes del séptimo arte. Aquí encontrarás discusiones, recomendaciones, noticias y todo lo relacionado con el maravilloso mundo del cine.
Community guide
r/peliculas (#943, about 1.2 million) is a Spanish-language film community for discussion, recommendations and news—videos in Spanish or subtitled, spoilers marked, self-promo only on Sundays.
What belongs
Cinema talk in Spanish contexts (about 21 posts/day). Rules: movie-related; Spanish or subtitled video; respect; Sunday-only self-promo; no spoilers.
Versus movies
r/movies is English-dominant global Hollywood discourse. peliculas serves Spanish-speaking film fans with local flair labels (Discusión, Recomendacion).
Practical pointers
Subtitle non-Spanish clips; save self-promo for Sunday.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jul 26, 2021, which makes it 5 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 414 subscribers (+0.04%). It sits just behind r/interiordecorating (#942) and ahead of r/Moviesinthemaking (#944) in our ranking.
What sets r/peliculas apart
Compared with other large communities, r/peliculas leans heavily on images (52% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 22%). Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (16:00 UTC) sees about 11.0× as many posts as the quietest (08:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/peliculas climbed from 1,123,447 to 1,127,040 subscribers (+3.6K, +0.32%). That is about 82 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/peliculas talks about
Looking at the titles of 126 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “que”, “película”, “una”, “películas” and “cine”. Other frequent themes are para, terror, ver, del, por and favorita. Recurring phrases include “una película”, “las películas”, “recomienden películas” and “que les”. By format, 52% are images, 32% are text posts and 9% are videos.
Popular post flairs: Discusión (39), Pregunta (24), Busco película/serie/corto/documental (17), Recomendacion (13), Reseña/Opinión (8), Articulo (7).
Activity and best time to post
r/peliculas gets about 21 new posts a day. The public archive holds 33,830 posts and 660,869 comments in total, about 19.5 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (31 posts) and the quietest was Saturday (8). Posting peaks around 16:00 UTC and is lowest around 08:00 UTC.
Rules of r/peliculas
The moderators of r/peliculas list 5 rules. In short:
- Las entradas deben estar relacionadas con películas y cine en general
- Los videos deben estar en español o bien subtitulados
- RESPETO. No se permiten ataques y/o insultos a los participantes de esta comunidad.
- La auto promoción solo está permitida los domingos
- ¡Sin spoilers!
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/peliculas 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/peliculas?
r/peliculas has 1,127,040 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #943 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 3,593 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/peliculas?
r/peliculas was created on Jul 26, 2021, so it has been around for 5 years.
How active is r/peliculas?
Very active: r/peliculas gets about 21 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 33,830 posts and 660,869 comments. In a sample of 126 recent posts we counted 90 different authors.
When is r/peliculas most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday and the quietest Saturday, and most posts arrive around 16:00 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/peliculas about?
The community describes itself as: “¡Bienvenidos a Películas! Este subreddit es el destino ideal para los amantes del séptimo arte. Aquí encontrarás discusiones, recomendaciones, noticias y todo lo relacionado con el maravilloso mundo del cine.” Recent post titles often mention que, película, una, películas and cine. Most posts are images (52%).
Is r/peliculas safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/peliculas as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/peliculas?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/peliculas accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 5 posted rules, starting with: “Las entradas deben estar relacionadas con películas y cine en general”; “Los videos deben estar en español o bien subtitulados”; “RESPETO. No se permiten ataques y/o insultos a los participantes de esta comunidad.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/peliculas?
Communities with similar topics include r/argentina (1.6M), r/mexico (3.2M), r/RedditPregunta (1.7M), r/LatinoPeopleTwitter (2.2M) and r/lakers (1.7M).
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/peliculas.