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r/SpicyRomanceBooks↗

For romance novels, readers and authors. Recommendations, spoiler chats and support groups. Sales and freebies. Any and every convo about romancelandia and spicy reads. Founded by author Willow Winters.

45k subscribers341 posts / mo in Sep 2026271 authors / mosince 2021

r/SpicyRomanceBooks has 45k members (+86% over the last 12 months). It gets about 341 posts a month from 271 people. Top topics: Smut & FMC Stories, Slow Burn Romance and Dark Romance.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+86%in 12 months · +10% in 3 months · +2.2% in 1 month
Oct 202645k
Growing45k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Jul 2021)
Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+39%vs Sep 2025 · −17% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026341
BusierPeaked at 498 in Mar 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/SpicyRomanceBooks

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Smut & FMC Stories9.8%
  2. Slow Burn Romance8.8%
  3. Dark Romance6.3%
  4. Romance Recommendations5.0%
  5. FMC/MMC Dynamics4.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. NovelFlow
  2. Amazon
  3. Goodreads
  4. Wattpad
  5. TikTok

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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