About r/whatcouldgoright
In its own words:
A SUBREDDIT FOR UNEXPECTEDLY POSITIVE OUTCOMES.
Community guide
r/whatcouldgoright (#915, about 1.2 million) flips the fail-video formula: unexpectedly positive outcomes instead of disasters, as a counterpart energy to Whatcouldgowrong.
What belongs
Clips and posts where things go surprisingly well. Collected rules lean on Reddiquette/sitewide norms and ban racial or meta commentary; recent third-party samples are very light.
Versus Whatcouldgowrong and nonononoyes
Whatcouldgowrong expects catastrophe; nonononoyes builds tension then relief. whatcouldgoright is framed around positive surprises.
Practical pointers
Skip racial bait and meta derailments; keep the focus on unexpectedly good outcomes.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Aug 2, 2013, which makes it 13 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 102 subscribers (+0.01%). It sits just behind r/betterCallSaul (#914) and ahead of r/chinesefood (#916) in our ranking.
What sets r/whatcouldgoright apart
Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 0.1 new posts a day per million members, which puts it in the quietest fifth of the Top 100. A good post has less competition here.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/whatcouldgoright went up from 1,163,721 to 1,164,293 subscribers (+572, +0.05%). That is about 13 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Activity and best time to post
r/whatcouldgoright gets about 0.1 new posts a day. The public archive holds 8,644 posts and 95,724 comments in total, about 11.1 comments per post.
Rules of r/whatcouldgoright
The moderators of r/whatcouldgoright list 3 rules. In short:
- Follow Reddiquette
- Follow Site-Wide Rules
- No racial or META comments
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/whatcouldgoright 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/whatcouldgoright have?
r/whatcouldgoright has 1,164,293 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #915 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 572 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/whatcouldgoright created?
r/whatcouldgoright was created on Aug 2, 2013, so it has been around for 13 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Aug 3, 2013.
Is r/whatcouldgoright still active?
Moderately: r/whatcouldgoright gets about 0.1 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 8,644 posts and 95,724 comments.
What kind of posts are on r/whatcouldgoright?
The community describes itself as: “A SUBREDDIT FOR UNEXPECTEDLY POSITIVE OUTCOMES.”
Is r/whatcouldgoright SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/whatcouldgoright as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/whatcouldgoright?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/whatcouldgoright accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts), with images and videos enabled. It has 3 posted rules, starting with: “Follow Reddiquette”; “Follow Site-Wide Rules”; “No racial or META comments”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/whatcouldgoright?
Communities with similar topics include r/nottheonion (26.1M), r/Whatcouldgowrong (8M), r/nonononoyes (4.3M), r/evilbuildings (1.3M) and r/AskCulinary (1.3M).
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/whatcouldgoright.