r/DarkTales↗
Bedtime Stories for Demented Children
Because sometimes it's just best to let the demented children inside run free.
21k subscribers245 posts / mo in Sep 2026111 authors / mosince 2013
r/DarkTales has 21k members (+9.7% over the last 12 months). It gets about 245 posts a month from 111 people. Top topics: Pain and Poetry, Doorways and Rooms and Moonlit Poetry.
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Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- Pain and Poetry1.4%
- Doorways and Rooms0.9%
- Moonlit Poetry0.7%
- Woods Adventures0.5%
- Nightmares and Shadows0.4%
Brands people mention
Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Substack
- Inkitt
- Buttondown
- Wattpad
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