About r/shitposting
In its own words:
📡📡📡
Community guide
r/shitposting (#415, about 2.7 million) is a high-volume shitpost feed (description is just signal-emoji flair culture). Rules: follow Reddit policy, don’t be abusive, prefer shitposts over “god awful” empty posts, mod discretion, no excessive spam, mark NSFW/spoilers, videos ≲1 minute. Image/video (~158.4 ppd).
Shitposts with flair theater
Flairs like WARNING: BRAIN DAMAGE and “actually OC” signal the ironic tone—aim for intentional absurdity, not random sludge.
Limits
Don’t spam; mark NSFW/spoilers; keep videos around a minute or less; civility still applies despite the tone.
Versus r/meme
r/meme wants cleaner OC memes with politics/tragedy bans. shitposting tolerates weirder absurdist junk under mod discretion.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Aug 19, 2012, which makes it 14 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,071 subscribers (+0.04%). It sits just behind r/cyberpunkgame (#414) and ahead of r/roblox (#416) in our ranking.
What sets r/shitposting apart
Compared with other large communities, r/shitposting leans heavily on images (75% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 19%). For its size it is unusually busy: about 59.1 new posts a day per million members, more than 93% of the Top 100.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/shitposting went up from 2,673,589 to 2,679,660 subscribers (+6.1K, +0.23%). That is about 138 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/shitposting talks about
Across 697 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “anon”, “bro”, “real”, “halloween” and “shitpost”. Other frequent themes are man, thought, water, shit, game and fuck. Recurring phrases include “iphone duo”, “smoking zombix”, “halloween costume” and “play minecraft”. By format, 75% are images, 22% are videos and 2% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: WARNING: BRAIN DAMAGE (52), B 👍 (41), actually OC (somehow) (40), Based on a True Story (26), >greentext :verycool: (please laugh) (26), [REDACTED] (25).
Activity and best time to post
r/shitposting gets about 160 new posts a day. The public archive holds 1,405,487 posts and 20,533,656 comments in total, about 14.6 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Friday (189 posts) and the quietest was Tuesday (132). Posting peaks around 13:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.
Rules of r/shitposting
The moderators of r/shitposting list 10 rules. In short:
- Don't violate Reddit's Content Policy
- Don't be a cunt
- Shitposts 😃 God awful posts 😡
- Mod discretion
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- No excessive spamming
- Number 7
- Really, seriously, don’t be a cunt
- Properly mark NSFW and spoilers
- Don't post videos longer than 1-ish minutes
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/shitposting 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/shitposting have?
r/shitposting has 2,679,660 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #415 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 6,071 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/shitposting created?
r/shitposting was created on Aug 19, 2012, so it has been around for 14 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Sep 28, 2012.
Is r/shitposting still active?
Yes. r/shitposting gets about 160 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 1,405,487 posts and 20,533,656 comments. In a sample of 697 recent posts we counted 397 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/shitposting?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Friday and the quietest Tuesday, and most posts arrive around 13:00 UTC, with the fewest around 04:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/shitposting?
The community describes itself as: “📡📡📡” Recent post titles often mention anon, bro, real, halloween and shitpost. Most posts are images (75%).
Is r/shitposting SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/shitposting 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/shitposting?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/shitposting accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts), with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 10 posted rules, starting with: “Don't violate Reddit's Content Policy”; “Don't be a cunt”; “Shitposts 😃 God awful posts 😡”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/shitposting?
Communities with similar topics include r/formuladank (1.1M), r/dankmemes (5.9M), r/memes (36.1M), r/Unexpected (12.1M) and r/Animemes (4.2M).
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/shitposting.