r/horror peaks Tuesdays 3pm-5pm UTC
r/horror was created on February 27, 2008, making it 18 years and 8 months old and one of the earliest subreddits on Reddit. With 3,560,131 members, this is a large and well-established subreddit with significant reach and influence on Reddit.
r/horror is experiencing strong growth, with 59,385 new members in the last 30 days.
r/horror shows moderate engagement relative to its size, with an average of 550.2 upvotes per post across its 3,560,131 members. The community is moderately discussion-oriented, with a comment-to-upvote ratio of 0.22. To reach the Hot section of r/horror, posts typically need at least 7 upvotes, reflecting the community's activity level.
Posts on r/horror receive an average of 123.1 comments, indicating a community with a healthy balance between content appreciation and active discussion. Members regularly engage with posts through both upvotes and comments.
Based on an analysis of 100 top posts from the past week, Tuesday is the most active day with 18 posts reaching the top, while Friday sees the least activity with 11 posts. Activity is fairly evenly distributed between weekdays and weekends.
The peak posting hours are around 3pm UTC (13 posts), 8pm UTC (11 posts), and 1am UTC (9 posts). The quietest hours are 4am UTC, 10am UTC, and 9am UTC, with only 1-1 posts each reaching the top during these times.
Weekly breakdown: Monday (15), Tuesday (18), Wednesday (11), Thursday (18), Friday (11), Saturday (14), Sunday (13) posts reaching the top.
r/horror currently has 3,560,131 subscribers. Over the past 30 days, the community has grown by 59,385 members (1.7%), averaging 612 new subscribers per day. This growth rate places r/horror in the top 26% of all tracked subreddits.
Over the past 90 days, r/horror has gained 59,385 subscribers (1.7%). Since tracking began 692 days ago, the community has added 520,276 total subscribers. The recent growth rate is consistent with the community's longer-term trajectory.
r/horror is experiencing strong growth, with 59,385 new members in the last 30 days.
r/horror has 3,560,131 subscribers as of October 2026.
The best time to post on r/horror is Tuesdays 3pm-5pm UTC, based on analysis of top-performing posts from the past week.
r/horror is experiencing strong growth, with 59,385 new members in the last 30 days.
r/horror was created on February 27, 2008, making it 18 years old.
Posts on r/horror typically need at least 7 upvotes to reach the Hot section.
r/horror is a Reddit community with 3,560,131 subscribers. The community describes itself as: "R/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..." The best time to post on r/horror is Tuesdays 3pm-5pm UTC. Posts receive an average of 550.2 upvotes and 123.1 comments. The minimum upvotes needed to reach the Hot section is approximately 7. The subreddit is adding approximately 612 new members each day. Founded 18 years ago, r/horror is tracked and analyzed by RedditList as part of its comprehensive database of over 106,374 subreddits.
Last updated: 2026-10-30 08:50:01