r/folklore↗
Folklore
We're an educational, discussion-oriented community focused on cultural traditions passed down through written stories, song and dance, food recipes, and oral traditions. /r/folklore is your central place on Reddit for folktales, myth, legend, traditional foodways, and the many other topics that fall under the umbrella of folklore. Pseudoscience, cryptids, and paranormal experiences should be directed to those communities.
34k subscribers138 posts / mo in Sep 2026117 authors / mosince 2009
r/folklore has 34k members (+23% over the last 12 months). It gets about 138 posts a month from 117 people. Top topics: Irish Folklore & Mythology, Haunted Places and Guardians and Kings.
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Irish Folklore & Mythology1.4%
- Haunted Places0.7%
- Guardians and Kings0.5%
- Norse Mythology0.4%
- Soul Devouring Gods0.4%
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Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Spotify
- Substack
- Atlas Obscura
- Internet Sacred Text Archive
- Project Gutenberg
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