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Interactive Fiction

/r/interactivefiction is a community that welcomes discussion of all types of interactive fiction. Feel free to ask for or give recommendations, to ask for help in authoring or finding interactive fiction, to link to posts about interactive fiction, to share interactive-fiction inspired artwork, or to advertise your own work (please limit to once a week or less) or jams and competitions.

16k subscribers130 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~9% by known bots)107 authors / mosince 2009

r/interactivefiction has 16k members (+25% over the last 12 months). It gets about 130 posts a month from 107 people. Top topics: Tabletop RPG Kickstarters, Horror Games and Tabletop RPG Creations & Playtests.

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Size and growth

How r/interactivefiction has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+25%in 12 months · +5.5% in 3 months · +2.4% in 1 month
Oct 202616k
Growing16k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+41%vs Sep 2025 · +5.0% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026130
BusierPeaked at 164 in Jul 2026
Sep 2026: incl. ~9% by known botsData 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. Tabletop RPG Kickstarters0.7%
  2. Horror Games0.7%
  3. Tabletop RPG Creations & Playtests0.5%
  4. CYOA Stories & Games0.4%
  5. Steam Releases0.4%

Brands people mention

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