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r/Superhero_Ideas↗

Ideas for New Superheroes, Supervillains, and Other Original Supernatural Characters

Here you can post your ideas for a new superhero or supervillain. Or, alternatively, you can request for a superhero idea for your own stories, comics, or artwork. It doesn't matter if it's a really good idea or more of a joke, post it anyway.

19k subscribers712 posts / mo in Sep 2026354 authors / mosince 2016

r/Superhero_Ideas has 19k members (+153% over the last 12 months). It gets about 712 posts a month from 354 people. Top topics: Superpowers & Heroes, Superpower Choices and New Heroes.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+153%in 12 months · +21% in 3 months · +4.3% in 1 month
Oct 202619k
Growing19k subscribers
Data since Jun 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+64%vs Sep 2025 · +8.7% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026712
BusierPeaked at 855 in Jun 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

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Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Superpowers & Heroes2.2%
  2. Superpower Choices0.7%
  3. New Heroes0.6%
  4. Superhero Powers0.6%
  5. Villainous Characters0.5%

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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