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r/TwoSentenceHorror↗

Two-Sentence Horror Stories: Bite-sized scares.

Give us your scariest story in two sentences (or less)!

1.9M subscribers3,031 posts / mo in Sep 20261,348 authors / mosince 2014

r/TwoSentenceHorror has 1.9M members (+3.4% over the last 12 months). It gets about 3,031 posts a month from 1,348 people. Top topics: Hostage Situations, Tunnels and Shadows and Baby Loss and Survival Stories.

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Size and growth

How r/TwoSentenceHorror has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+3.4%in 12 months · +0.7% in 3 months · +0.1% in 1 month
Oct 20261.9M
Growing1.9M subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/TwoSentenceHorror

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−9.6%vs Sep 2025 · +6.1% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20263k
QuieterPeaked at 17k in Dec 2021
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/TwoSentenceHorror

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Hostage Situations1.1%
  2. Tunnels and Shadows0.9%
  3. Baby Loss and Survival Stories0.7%
  4. Monsters Under the Bed0.6%
  5. Windows and Doors0.5%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. IMDb
  2. xkcd
  3. Tenor
  4. Goodreads
  5. NPR

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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