About r/thelastofus
In its own words:
Welcome to the largest community for fans of The Last of Us Part I, Part II, and the HBO series. Endure and survive! For the ideal browsing experience, use old.reddit.com for this subreddit. Please read our rules before submitting content!
Community guide
At #476 with about 2.3 million subscribers, r/thelastofus is welcome to the largest community for fans of The Last of Us Part I, Part II, and the HBO series. Endure and survive! For the ideal browsing experience, use old.reddit.com for this subreddit. Collected rules highlight This subreddit is for the single player mode only!; No spoilers in titles, and comments in non-spoiler-marked posts should have proper spoiler tags; and No unnecessary rudeness or hostility, among 13 listed. Activity mix in sample: image:55, text:55, gallery:47, video:29. Busy sample (~25.6 ppd across 186 posts).
Who this sub is for
Readers land here for welcome to the largest community for fans of The Last of Us Part I, Part II, and the HBO series. Endure and survive! For the ideal browsing experience, use old.reddit.com for this subreddit. If your post fits a narrower specialist sub better, prefer that room.
Boundaries vs lookalike rooms
General or sibling communities may overlap thematically; r/thelastofus still enforces its own list—This subreddit is for the single player mode only!; No spoilers in titles, and comments in non-spoiler-marked posts should have proper spoiler tags; No unnecessary rudeness or hostility; Credit the artist when posting art. Don’t assume another sub’s norms travel here.
Practical pointers
Busy sample (~25.6 ppd across 186 posts). Mark spoilers/NSFW when required, avoid reposts if banned, and keep promo within policy. Figures above are SubMouse snapshots.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Dec 11, 2011, which makes it 14 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 507 subscribers (+0.02%). It sits just behind r/dbz (#475) and ahead of r/OnePunchMan (#477) in our ranking.
What sets r/thelastofus apart
Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (00:00 UTC) sees about 6.5× as many posts as the quietest (06:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/thelastofus went up from 2,331,687 to 2,334,992 subscribers (+3.3K, +0.14%). That is about 75 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/thelastofus talks about
Looking at the titles of 186 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “ellie”, “tlou”, “cosplay”, “game” and “clicker”. Other frequent themes are joel, abby, halloween, pumpkin, help and seattle. Recurring phrases include “clicker cosplay”, “ellie cosplay”, “opinions needed” and “pumpkin carving”. By format, 30% are images, 30% are text posts and 25% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: PT 2 DISCUSSION (27), General Discussion (20), Cosplay (19), Image (13), PT 2 QUESTION (11), PT 1 DISCUSSION (11).
Activity and best time to post
r/thelastofus gets about 26 new posts a day. The public archive holds 250,036 posts and 3,769,339 comments in total, about 15.1 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Saturday (44 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (17). Posting peaks around 00:00 UTC and is lowest around 06:00 UTC.
Rules of r/thelastofus
The moderators of r/thelastofus list 13 rules. In short:
- This subreddit is for the single player mode only!
- No spoilers in titles, and comments in non-spoiler-marked posts should have proper spoiler tags.
- No unnecessary rudeness or hostility
- Credit the artist when posting art
- No Let's Plays or Reaction Videos at Full Length
- Low quality memes & reaction gifs are banned
- Make sure posts contribute to quality discussions
- No karma-baiting titles on posts
- Only 2 posts every 12 hours per user
- Refer to Pinned Megathreads Before Posting
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/thelastofus 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/thelastofus have?
r/thelastofus has 2,334,992 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #476 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 3,305 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/thelastofus created?
r/thelastofus was created on Dec 11, 2011, so it has been around for 14 years.
Is r/thelastofus still active?
Yes. r/thelastofus gets about 26 new posts a day (average of the last week). Over its lifetime the archive counts 250,036 posts and 3,769,339 comments. In a sample of 186 recent posts we counted 154 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/thelastofus?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Saturday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 00:00 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/thelastofus?
The community describes itself as: “Welcome to the largest community for fans of The Last of Us Part I, Part II, and the HBO series. Endure and survive! For the ideal browsing experience, use old.reddit.com for this subreddit. Please read our rules before…” Recent post titles often mention ellie, tlou, cosplay, game and clicker. Most posts are images (30%).
Is r/thelastofus SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/thelastofus as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/thelastofus?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/thelastofus accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 13 posted rules, starting with: “This subreddit is for the single player mode only!”; “No spoilers in titles, and comments in non-spoiler-marked posts should have proper spoiler tags.”; “No unnecessary rudeness or hostility”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/thelastofus?
Communities with similar topics include r/TheLastAirbender (2.3M), r/hbo (2.3M), r/rickandmorty (2.9M), r/CasualConversation (3M) and r/BuyItForLife (4M).
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/thelastofus.