How the horror stories communities compare
A few giants dominate — r/nosleep, r/horror and r/TwoSentenceHorror together account for 90% of the combined membership. Size and activity don't line up perfectly: r/nosleep has the most members, but r/horror gets the most new posts (about 177 a day, against 52 in r/nosleep). Per member, the liveliest is r/horrorstories: 34 posts a day from 39.1K members — a smaller crowd, but an engaged one. Among the communities we track weekly, r/horror grew fastest recently (+0.13%, +4.7K members since Oct 26). The oldest is r/horror, founded in 2008, and every community here is more than five years old — this is a long-established corner of Reddit.
The 18 biggest horror stories subreddits
r/nosleep 18,241,639 members · ~52 posts/day · +2.9K since Oct 26 · since 2010PLEASE READ OUR GUIDELINES FIRST. Nosleep is a place for redditors to share their scary personal experiences.
r/horror 3,559,372 members · ~177 posts/day · +4.7K since Oct 26 · since 2008R/HORROR, known as Dreadit by our subscribers is the premier horror entertainment community on Reddit. For more than a decade /R/HORROR has been reddit.com's gateway to all things Horror: from movies & TV, to books & games.
- Tr/TwoSentenceHorror ↗ 1,905,844 members · +1.1K since Oct 26 · since 2014
Give us your scariest story in two sentences (or less)!
- Sr/shortscarystories ↗ 848,003 members · ~18 posts/day · since 2011
We deliver scares, thrills, and heart-wrenching twists in 500 words or less
- Sr/scarystories ↗ 513,020 members · ~36 posts/day · since 2010
r/ScaryStories is a subreddit for original, written short horror fiction.
- Hr/horrorlit ↗ 497,763 members · since 2012
This is a place to discuss horror literature. Any book is up for discussion as long as that discussion is respectful. It doesn't matter if you're into Stephen King, Octavia Butler, Jack Ketchum or Shirley Jackson, this is the pla…
- Hr/HorrorGaming ↗ 131,064 members · since 2013
Quality horror gaming content and discussion.
- Hr/Horror_stories ↗ 121,864 members · since 2013
Subreddit for Horror Stories
- Tr/TrueScaryStories ↗ 96,173 members · since 2015
A community to share your true, scary story. Could be paranormal, crime related, or anything else that made the hair on the back of your neck stand up.
- Nr/NoSleepOOC ↗ 93,897 members · since 2013
Welcome to NosleepOOC. This is an out of character subreddit created for the Nosleep community. Please feel free to discuss any matters related to the Nosleep community, horror, and writing in general.
- Hr/HorrorMovies ↗ 89,970 members · ~65 posts/day · since 2009
Discuss horror movies here with other horror buffs.
- Ar/analog_horror ↗ 55,248 members · since 2019
Welcome to the internet's largest analog horror community! This community is dedicated to the subgenre of horror known as "analog horror". Analog horror specializes in horror that's shown through the medium of low-fi TV or radio …
- Cr/cosmichorror ↗ 54,047 members · since 2015
Here we discuss the "cosmic horror" tradition of gothic literature, art, film, and television: H.P. Lovecraft, W.H. Pugmire, H.R. Giger, Panos Cosmatos, Ari Aster, and more. "Cosmic horror" emphasizes anti-anthropocentrism, nihil…
- Ar/analoghorror ↗ 46,273 members · ~32 posts/day · since 2018
Analog Horror is a horror genre that involves, or utilizes the aesthetics of, analog media, such as VHS, CRT TVs, and other pre-digital media. This sub is dedicated to the discussion, sharing, and criticism of analog horror. Plea…
- Ar/arkhamhorrorlcg ↗ 43,589 members · since 2016
This subreddit is to discuss and share information about the Fantasy Flight Games LCG, Arkham Horror.
- Hr/horrorstories ↗ 39,075 members · ~34 posts/day · since 2012
Horrorstories: I didn't want sleep anyways
- Hr/horrormanga ↗ 37,879 members · since 2014
A place to share and discuss horror manga! If you like Uzumaki or any of Junji Ito's works or associated things like Fourteen or Drifting Classroom, pop in and share!
- Hr/HorrorReviewed ↗ 25,737 members · ~1.6 posts/day · since 2016
Horror Reviewed by Horror Fans Our subreddit is dedicated to text-based reviews of anything and everything horror related. All reviews are submitted by other horror fans just like you (aka our subscribers!). Everyone is welcome t…
What these communities upvoted this week
This week's best-received posts from a few of the communities above — a quick way to get a feel for each one.
- I was a solo park ranger for eleven years. People kept calling in about noises in the trees, but every time I checked, there was nothing there.r/nosleep · Oct 27
- 'It: Welcome to Derry' Drops Surprise Episode on HBO Maxr/horror · Oct 31
- I’m a neurosurgeon for a drug cartel. Something has gone horribly wrong.r/nosleep · Oct 29
- ‘Crystal Lake’ Hits 1.3 Billion Minutes Watched in 11 Days, Becoming Peacock’s No. 4 Scripted Debut Everr/horror · Oct 27
Choosing where to post
Competition for attention differs a lot: r/nosleep has 18.2M members but only about 52 new posts a day — roughly one new post for every 348.8K members — while r/horror gets about 177 a day, one for every 20.1K. A strong, well-made post therefore has more room to be seen in r/nosleep; r/horror is better when you want quick replies. Rule sets vary: of the communities we have rules for, r/TwoSentenceHorror lists 13, against 7 in r/nosleep, so a post that is fine in one can be removed in another.
Before posting, sort a subreddit by “Top” for the past month: it shows in a minute what that community rewards. Always read the rules in the sidebar first — each community is run by its own volunteer moderators. Our guide to searching Reddit explains how to dig through any of these communities, and the subreddit info tool gives you the stats of one we don't list.
Frequently asked questions
What is the biggest horror stories subreddit?
r/nosleep is the largest, with 18,241,639 members, followed by r/horror (3.6M) and r/TwoSentenceHorror (1.9M).
Which horror stories subreddit is the most active?
By new posts per day, r/horror leads with about 177, ahead of r/HorrorMovies (65). Counts are averages over the last seven days.
How many horror stories subreddits are there?
We list 18 active, safe-for-work horror stories communities with at least 25,000 members each, 26.4M members in total (people can be in several). Reddit has many smaller ones too; our guide on searching Reddit shows how to find them.
What is the oldest horror stories subreddit?
r/horror, created on Feb 27, 2008.
Are these horror stories subreddits safe for work?
Yes. Every community on this page is public and not marked 18+ by Reddit, and we filter out communities whose name or description points to adult content.
Data: Reddit's public subreddit search and the Arctic Shift archive (Nov 6, 2026), growth from SubMouse's weekly snapshots. Member counts of communities outside our Top 1000 come from the archive and can lag a little. Not affiliated with Reddit.