About r/rpg
In its own words:
A subreddit for all things related to tabletop roleplaying games
Community guide
r/rpg (#660, about 1.6 million subscribers) is oriented around: A subreddit for all things related to tabletop roleplaying games Recent activity samples show 30 posts/day in recent samples (~94% text, ~6% link, ~0% video). Public rules we collected include: No piracy; No picking fights; No video games; No direct Image/Video Link; No LFG Posts. Directory metadata files it under “Games”.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Piracy talk is removed; keep to legitimate options.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rule list—not merely a larger sibling community. The public rule list is long enough that skimming all entries once beats assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; collected snapshots can lag. Common flairs in samples include: Game Suggestion, Discussion, Game Master, Resources/Tools.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jan 25, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 617 subscribers (+0.04%). Among the 5 communities on our tabletop RPGs list it is number 2 by size. It sits just behind r/BrandNewSentence (#659) and ahead of r/london (#661) in our ranking.
What sets r/rpg apart
r/rpg is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 94% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 35% across the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (20:00 UTC) sees about 8.0× as many posts as the quietest (05:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/rpg climbed from 1,600,210 to 1,604,578 subscribers (+4.4K, +0.27%). That is about 99 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/rpg talks about
Looking at the titles of 200 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “game”, “looking”, “system”, “games” and “ttrpg”. Other frequent themes are rpgs, systems, campaign, favorite, fantasy and good. Recurring phrases include “paranormal investigation”, “game systems”, “favorite setting” and “fantasy rpgs”. By format, 94% are text posts, 6% are links and 1% are videos.
Popular post flairs: Game Suggestion (44), Discussion (38), Game Master (15), Resources/Tools (11), Basic Questions (10), Self Promotion (10).
Activity and best time to post
r/rpg gets about 30 new posts a day. The public archive holds 240,831 posts and 5,149,646 comments in total, about 21.4 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Thursday (44 posts) and the quietest was Saturday (19). Posting peaks around 20:00 UTC and is lowest around 05:00 UTC.
Rules of r/rpg
The moderators of r/rpg list 8 rules. In short:
- No piracy
- No picking fights
- No video games
- No direct Image/Video Link
- No LFG Posts
- No Blacklisted Creators
- Self promotion
- Comment respectfully
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/rpg 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/rpg have?
r/rpg has 1,604,578 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #660 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 4,368 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/rpg created?
r/rpg was created on Jan 25, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Jan 29, 2008.
Is r/rpg still active?
Yes. r/rpg gets about 30 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 240,831 posts and 5,149,646 comments. In a sample of 200 recent posts we counted 179 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/rpg?
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 20:00 UTC, with the fewest around 05:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/rpg?
The community describes itself as: “A subreddit for all things related to tabletop roleplaying games” Recent post titles often mention game, looking, system, games and ttrpg. Most posts are text posts (94%).
Is r/rpg SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/rpg as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/rpg?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/rpg accepts both text and link posts, with polls enabled. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “No piracy”; “No picking fights”; “No video games”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/rpg?
Communities with similar topics include r/BaldursGate3 (3.4M), r/Genshin_Impact (3.9M), r/StardewValley (3.3M), r/Eldenring (4.9M) and r/boardgames (5.5M).
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/rpg.