r/creativewriting↗
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A community for writers of any caliber to come and share their work. We encourage feedback and the sharing of resources. No, your app-of-the-week and chatgpt scripted YouTube channel do not count as resources. No advertisements allowed.
313k subscribers1,053 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)724 authors / mosince 2009
r/creativewriting has 313k members (+8.8% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,053 posts a month from 724 people. Top topics: Pain and Poetry, Love Unspoken and Moonlit Poetry.
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How r/creativewriting has grown
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Topics and brands on r/creativewriting
Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- Pain and Poetry4.3%
- Love Unspoken2.6%
- Moonlit Poetry1.7%
- PoetryAndMentalHealth1.4%
- Ocean Poetry1.2%
Brands people mention
Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Substack
- Medium
- Wattpad
- Royal Road
- Reedsy
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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