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Advice and Questions about Running Tabletop RPGS

This subreddit is for Game Masters (GMs) of Tabletop Role Playing Games (RPGs) It's for advice and questions, newbies and wizened old grognards, and anyone (or anything) in between. We are visited by GMs of many different games. As a guideline we encourage Tabletop RPG related questions that are broad enough to be answered by GMs of any system. System specific (mechanical) questions are allowed also although you may receive better help on the main and/or GMing subreddit of said game.

43k subscribers52 posts / mo in Sep 202647 authors / mosince 2015

r/AskGameMasters has 43k members (+27% over the last 12 months). It gets about 52 posts a month from 47 people. Top topics: Campaign Development & World Building, GM Advice & Tips and Party Heists and Prisons.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+27%in 12 months · +5.6% in 3 months
Oct 202643k
Growing43k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+206%vs Sep 2025 · +37% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202652
BusierPeaked at 65 in Sep 2023
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/AskGameMasters

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Campaign Development & World Building3.5%
  2. GM Advice & Tips2.5%
  3. Party Heists and Prisons2.3%
  4. Problem Players2.2%
  5. TrapsAndPuzzles1.9%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. DriveThruRPG
  2. itch
  3. THE GAUNTLET
  4. Sly Flourish
  5. The Angry GM

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