About r/softwaregore
In its own words:
poke fun at nasty software
Community guide
r/softwaregore (#563, about 2.0 million) is framed as “poke fun at nasty software.” Collected rules highlight Posts must contain software gore; Gore must be genuine; No Done To Death submissions, among 6 listed. Activity mix in sample: image:220, link:3, video:1. Bu.
What belongs here
Posts should match the community’s curatorial bar—poke fun at nasty software. Hard filters include: Posts must contain software gore; Gore must be genuine; No Done To Death submissions; Make effort with your title. Off-scope, spam, and low-effort dumps are the usual removal reasons when those rules are listed.
How it differs
Distinctions here come from the public description and rule list rather than firsthand culture reporting. If a sibling subreddit is a tighter fit, prefer that.
Before you post
Common flairs in the sample: Reddit/YT. Recent sample composition: image:220, link:3, video:1. Bu. Format-sensitive rules to read first: Make effort with your title; No personally identifiable information. Treat subscriber and posts-per-day figures as directory snapshots, not live Reddit counters.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jan 15, 2013, which makes it 13 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 434 subscribers (+0.02%). It sits just behind r/netflix (#562) and ahead of r/Sims4 (#564) in our ranking.
What sets r/softwaregore apart
r/softwaregore is far more image-driven than most big subreddits: 98% of its recent posts are images, against a median of 19% across the Top 100. People mostly look and upvote here rather than comment — about 3.7 comments per post, against 13.3 for a typical large subreddit. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (20:00 UTC) sees about 6.3× as many posts as the quietest (04:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/softwaregore grew from 1,964,907 to 1,967,658 subscribers (+2.8K, +0.14%). That is about 63 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/softwaregore talks about
Across 224 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “guess”, “google”, “windows”, “long” and “happened”. Other frequent themes are trying, love, thanks, bro, real and idk. Recurring phrases include “wrong language”. By format, 98% are images, 1% are links and 0% are videos.
Activity and best time to post
r/softwaregore gets about 36 new posts a day. The public archive holds 911,634 posts and 3,388,892 comments in total, about 3.7 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Tuesday (39 posts) and the quietest was Monday (24). Posting peaks around 20:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.
Rules of r/softwaregore
The moderators of r/softwaregore list 6 rules. In short:
- Posts must contain software gore
- Gore must be genuine
- No Done To Death submissions
- Make effort with your title
- NSFW content must be tagged
- No personally identifiable information
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/softwaregore 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/softwaregore have?
r/softwaregore has 1,967,658 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #563 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 2,751 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/softwaregore?
r/softwaregore was created on Jan 15, 2013, so it has been around for 13 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Jan 16, 2013.
How active is r/softwaregore?
Very active: r/softwaregore gets about 36 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 911,634 posts and 3,388,892 comments. In a sample of 224 recent posts we counted 195 different authors.
When is r/softwaregore most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Tuesday and the quietest Monday, and most posts arrive around 20:00 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 is r/softwaregore about?
The community describes itself as: “poke fun at nasty software” Recent post titles often mention guess, google, windows, long and happened. Most posts are images (98%).
Is r/softwaregore safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/softwaregore as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/softwaregore?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/softwaregore accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts), with images enabled. It has 6 posted rules, starting with: “Posts must contain software gore”; “Gore must be genuine”; “No Done To Death submissions”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/softwaregore?
Communities with similar topics include r/JUSTNOMIL (1.9M), r/crochet (2M), r/apple (6.5M), r/ProgrammerHumor (4.8M) and r/CasualConversation (3M).
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/softwaregore.