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r/Horror_stories↗

Scary/horror/ghost stories

Subreddit for Horror Stories

135k subscribers149 posts / mo in Sep 2026102 authors / mosince 2013

r/Horror_stories has 135k members (+3.3% over the last 12 months). It gets about 149 posts a month from 102 people. Top topics: ScaryStories, Nightmares and Shadows and ScaryVideos.

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Size and growth

How r/Horror_stories has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+3.3%in 12 months · +0.5% in 3 months · +0.1% in 1 month
Oct 2026135k
Growing135k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−67%vs Sep 2025 · +17% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026149
QuieterPeaked at 827 in Oct 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/Horror_stories

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. ScaryStories0.8%
  2. Nightmares and Shadows0.6%
  3. ScaryVideos0.5%
  4. Woods Adventures0.5%
  5. Ghost Stories0.4%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Spotify
  2. Apple
  3. Wattpad

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Everything else about r/Horror_stories

Posting rules and account requirements, how often posts get removed, who writes here (age, gender, countries), what people ask for, how they talk, and related subreddits — all in the full report.

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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