About r/skyrim
In its own words:
A subreddit about the massively popular videogame The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, by Bethesda studios.
Community guide
r/skyrim (#426, about 2.6 million) is about Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Rules ban personal attacks/slurs/harassment, memes/rage comics, unrelated material, piracy, low-effort content, sexually explicit material, PC-vs-console bashing, and spammy self-promotion, with spoiler expectations called out separately. Question, Discussion, Screenshot/Clip, Modding, Bug Help, and Lore flairs fill a busy sample (~121.6 ppd).
Gameplay, mods, lore
Screenshots/clips, questions, discussion, modding, bug help, arts/crafts, and lore posts fit—keep it Skyrim-related.
Tone and platforms
No personal attacks, no PC master-race or console bashing, no piracy, and no sexually explicit material.
Memes and effort
Memes and rage comics are banned; skip low-effort and spammy self-promo; mark spoilers appropriately.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Dec 12, 2010, which makes it 15 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 2,482 subscribers (+0.09%). It sits just behind r/CharacterAI (#425) and ahead of r/Metal (#427) in our ranking.
What sets r/skyrim apart
For its size it is unusually busy: about 46.1 new posts a day per million members, more than 89% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.63% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 87% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (19:00 UTC) sees about 3.9× as many posts as the quietest (06:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/skyrim climbed from 2,624,085 to 2,640,594 subscribers (+16.5K, +0.63%). That is about 375 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/skyrim talks about
Looking at the titles of 700 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “sentinel”, “game”, “elder”, “scrolls” and “quest”. Other frequent themes are help, character, dragonborn, dragon, play and kill. Recurring phrases include “elder scrolls”, “civil war”, “playable area” and “anniversary edition”. By format, 42% are text posts, 27% are images and 17% are videos.
Popular post flairs: Screenshot/Clip (118), Question (116), Discussion (114), Modding (27), Bug Help (22), Arts/Crafts (18).
Activity and best time to post
r/skyrim gets about 120 new posts a day. The public archive holds 951,430 posts and 14,123,420 comments in total, about 14.8 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Saturday (149 posts) and the quietest was Monday (101). Posting peaks around 19:00 UTC and is lowest around 06:00 UTC.
Rules of r/skyrim
The moderators of r/skyrim list 9 rules. In short:
- No Personal Attacks, Slurs, or Harassment
- No Memes or Rage Comics
- No Unrelated Material
- No Piracy
- No Low Effort Content
- No Sexually Explicit Material
- No "PC Master Race" or Console Bashing
- Spoilers
- No Spammy Self-Promotion
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/skyrim 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 members does r/skyrim have?
r/skyrim has 2,640,594 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #426 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 16,509 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/skyrim created?
r/skyrim was created on Dec 12, 2010, so it has been around for 15 years.
Is r/skyrim still active?
Yes. r/skyrim gets about 120 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 951,430 posts and 14,123,420 comments. In a sample of 700 recent posts we counted 562 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/skyrim?
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 19:00 UTC, with the fewest around 06:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/skyrim?
The community describes itself as: “A subreddit about the massively popular videogame The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, by Bethesda studios.” Recent post titles often mention sentinel, game, elder, scrolls and quest. Most posts are text posts (42%).
Is r/skyrim SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/skyrim as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/skyrim?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/skyrim accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 9 posted rules, starting with: “No Personal Attacks, Slurs, or Harassment”; “No Memes or Rage Comics”; “No Unrelated Material”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/skyrim?
Communities with similar topics include r/Screenwriting (1.8M), r/Helldivers (2.3M), r/marvelstudios (4.9M), r/BaldursGate3 (3.4M) and r/kpop (3.9M).
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/skyrim.