About r/tipofmytongue
In its own words:
For finding the un-googleable things that are on the tip of your tongue... That word... The name of that song... That movie...
Community guide
r/tipofmytongue (#409, about 2.7 million) helps find un-googleable things on the tip of your tongue—songs, movies, words, shows. Rules: civil; no arbitrary link titles; don’t repeat suggestions; reply “Solved!” to the first correct answer; don’t delete; format rules; no people-finding, illegal, NSFW, bribes, or AI answers. Very high text volume (~264.8 ppd).
TOMT request hygiene
Follow the post format; Pending/Open flairs dominate until solved—mark Solved! on the first right answer and don’t delete the trail.
Media memory, not people-hunting
“No People” and illegal/NSFW bans keep this an identification desk for works and phrases, not persons.
Answering
Don’t repeat already-suggested answers; no bribes; no AI-generated answers per rules.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Aug 12, 2009, which makes it 17 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,263 subscribers (+0.05%). It sits just behind r/NFT (#408) and ahead of r/VALORANT (#410) in our ranking.
What sets r/tipofmytongue apart
r/tipofmytongue is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 100% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 34% across the Top 100. r/tipofmytongue is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 5.0 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 13.6. For its size it is unusually busy: about 97.1 new posts a day per million members, more than 97% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (21:00 UTC) sees about 3.3× as many posts as the quietest (09:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/tipofmytongue climbed from 2,717,327 to 2,727,639 subscribers (+10.3K, +0.38%). That is about 234 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/tipofmytongue talks about
Looking at the titles of 699 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “tomt”, “movie”, “song”, “video” and “show”. Other frequent themes are help, looking, game, youtube, music and book. Recurring phrases include “tomt movie”, “tomt song”, “tomt video” and “tomt help”. By format, 100% are text posts.
Popular post flairs: Pending (666), Open (15).
Activity and best time to post
r/tipofmytongue gets about 260 new posts a day. The public archive holds 2,591,841 posts and 12,863,024 comments in total, about 5.0 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Friday (277 posts) and the quietest was Sunday (231). Posting peaks around 21:00 UTC and is lowest around 09:00 UTC.
Rules of r/tipofmytongue
The moderators of r/tipofmytongue list 14 rules. In short:
- Be civil and respectful to each other.
- No arbitrary link titles (How to answer including a link)
- Do not repeat something already suggested.
- Reply “Solved!” to the first correct answer
- Do not delete post/answer
- No reposting within one week.
- Music posts
- No People
- Nothing Illegal
- No NSFW Posts
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue 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/tipofmytongue have?
r/tipofmytongue has 2,727,639 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #409 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 10,312 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/tipofmytongue created?
r/tipofmytongue was created on Aug 12, 2009, so it has been around for 17 years.
Is r/tipofmytongue still active?
Yes. r/tipofmytongue gets about 260 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 2,591,841 posts and 12,863,024 comments. In a sample of 699 recent posts we counted 647 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/tipofmytongue?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Friday and the quietest Sunday, and most posts arrive around 21:00 UTC, with the fewest around 09:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/tipofmytongue?
The community describes itself as: “For finding the un-googleable things that are on the tip of your tongue... That word... The name of that song... That movie...” Recent post titles often mention tomt, movie, song, video and show. Most posts are text posts (100%).
Is r/tipofmytongue SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/tipofmytongue 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/tipofmytongue?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/tipofmytongue accepts text posts only. It has 14 posted rules, starting with: “Be civil and respectful to each other.”; “No arbitrary link titles (How to answer including a link)”; “Do not repeat something already suggested.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/tipofmytongue?
Communities with similar topics include r/MurderedByWords (3.4M), r/yesyesyesyesno (2.9M), r/movies (37.7M), r/assholedesign (3.1M) and r/boxoffice (1.2M).
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/tipofmytongue.