r/Scary↗

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Welcome to r/scary, a place for the creepiest, scariest, and most unsettling content on Reddit.

254k subscribers50 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~2% by known bots)44 authors / mosince 2008

r/Scary has 254k members (+3.5% over the last 12 months). It gets about 50 posts a month from 44 people. Top topics: ScaryVideos, ScaryMoments and Paranormal Stories.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+3.5%in 12 months · +0.7% in 3 months · +0.2% in 1 month

Oct 2026254k

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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−79%vs Sep 2025 · −37% last 3 months vs the 3 before

Sep 202650

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