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When r/TwoSentenceHorror is too limiting, but r/ShortScaryStories are too long... Hit us with your gutsiest horror in 2 punches, or 2 acts in 100 words or less!

11k subscribers92 posts / mo in Sep 202618 authors / mosince 2024

r/microhorrorstories has 11k members. It gets about 92 posts a month from 18 people. Top topics: Baby Loss and Survival Stories, Death and Afterlife and Monsters Under the Bed.

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Size and growth

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+8.4%since May 2026 · +5.3% in 3 months · +1.3% in 1 month
Oct 202611k
Growing11k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Aug 2024)
Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−18%vs Sep 2025 · +146% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202692
QuieterPeaked at 112 in Aug 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/microhorrorstories

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Baby Loss and Survival Stories1.8%
  2. Death and Afterlife1.3%
  3. Monsters Under the Bed0.8%
  4. Windows and Doors0.7%
  5. Tunnels and Shadows0.7%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Buymeacoffee
  2. Substack

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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