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Story Ideas: Any story ideas you might have? Share 'em!

Ever have that story idea burning a whole in your word processor but want to bounce it off someone else first? Well now you can! /r/StoryIdeas is a place to help authors and screenwriters go from an idea to an actual story.

7.4k subscribers209 posts / mo in Sep 2026152 authors / mosince 2012

r/StoryIdeas has 7.4k members. It gets about 209 posts a month from 152 people. Top topics: Serial Killers and Detectives, Superpowers & Heroes and Dreams and Sleep.

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Size and growth

How r/StoryIdeas has grown

r/StoryIdeas

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+20%since May 2026 · +12% in 3 months · +4.3% in 1 month
Oct 20267.4k
Growing7.4k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Jan 2012)
Live · through Oct 2026
r/StoryIdeas

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+97%vs Sep 2025 · +87% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026209
BusierPeaked at 213 in Aug 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/StoryIdeas

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Serial Killers and Detectives1.9%
  2. Superpowers & Heroes1.4%
  3. Dreams and Sleep1.4%
  4. Hero vs Villain1.2%
  5. Alien Invasions0.9%

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Timing and removals

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What to post

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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