r/pbp↗
Play-By-Post
A community for players to organise and discuss play-by-post roleplaying games.
25k subscribers235 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~3% by known bots)189 authors / mosince 2013
r/pbp has 25k members (+22% over the last 12 months). It gets about 235 posts a month from 189 people. Top topics: Discord Servers, Online Player Recruitment and Online Campaigns.
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- Discord Servers12%
- Online Player Recruitment9.5%
- Online Campaigns7.8%
- Online Play and PBP Games6.3%
- Online D&D Groups & DMs3.6%
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