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RPG Horror Stories

For all your tales of RPG Horror Stories gone wrong!

329k subscribers106 posts / mo in Sep 2026100 authors / mosince 2016

r/rpghorrorstories has 329k members (+3.9% over the last 12 months). It gets about 106 posts a month from 100 people. Top topics: DM and Player Stories, DM and Player Dynamics and Inclusive Characters.

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Size and growth

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+3.9%in 12 months · +0.7% in 3 months · +0.2% in 1 month
Oct 2026329k
Growing329k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−33%vs Sep 2025 · −21% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026106
QuieterPeaked at 381 in Apr 2022
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/rpghorrorstories

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. DM and Player Stories30%
  2. DM and Player Dynamics8.9%
  3. Inclusive Characters5.1%
  4. PC Deaths & Character Mortality3.5%
  5. Fireball Incidents2.8%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Aonprd
  2. Startplaying
  3. Roll20
  4. Tenor
  5. DriveThruRPG

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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