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Extreme Horror Lit

This is a place for all readers of extreme horror & splatterpunk. Fans of the grotesque and disturbing. Let this be your one stop shop for book recommendations, new book announcements, horror news, discussions + more.

103k subscribers313 posts / mo in Sep 2026223 authors / mosince 2022

r/ExtremeHorrorLit has 103k members (+32% over the last 12 months). It gets about 313 posts a month from 223 people. Top topics: Extreme Horror, Disturbing Horror Books and Horror Book Recommendations.

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Size and growth

How r/ExtremeHorrorLit has grown

r/ExtremeHorrorLit

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+32%in 12 months · +5.5% in 3 months · +1.4% in 1 month
Oct 2026102k
Growing102k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Feb 2022)
Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−5.2%vs Sep 2025 · +11% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026313
QuieterPeaked at 446 in Apr 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/ExtremeHorrorLit

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Extreme Horror21%
  2. Disturbing Horror Books5.2%
  3. Horror Book Recommendations2.1%
  4. Currently Reading Books2.1%
  5. Reading Recommendations1.3%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Goodreads
  2. Substack
  3. Audible
  4. itch
  5. Big Cartel

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Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research