r/longform↗
Welcome to r/longform! We are a community that enjoys a good read. We appreciate longform journalism, narrative journalism, creative nonfiction, and other written stories. We believe that a good content is worth taking the time to fully immerse yourself, often times in a comfy chair. A good "longform" piece will typically be over 2,000 words, but could be as high as 20,000. The subject of the piece does not have to fit any specific guidelines as long as it is high quality writing.
71k subscribers239 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~26% by known bots)116 authors / mosince 2008
r/longform has 71k members (+74% over the last 12 months). It gets about 239 posts a month from 116 people. Top topics: Starting Readers, Reading Speed & Habits and Stolen Art.
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- Starting Readers0.1%
- Reading Speed & Habits<0.1%
- Stolen Art<0.1%
- Reading & Books<0.1%
- Poetry Help & Recommendations<0.1%
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Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Substack
- Archive
- The Atlantic
- The New Yorker
- Bloomberg L.P.
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