Creepy subreddits
We found 48 active creepy subreddits: communities with at least one new post a day on average in September 2026, ranked by members. The largest is r/creepy with 14.8M members. It is also the busiest, with 1,584 posts last month. In 11 of the 28 we could measure, a brand-new account's post usually stays up: they remove 17% or fewer of posts from accounts under a week old.
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- r/creepy14.8M members
- r/Unexplained+27% members in 12 months
- r/creepyencounters16% of new-account posts removed
- r/creepyvideos100% of posts get a reply
All active creepy subreddits, by members
| # | Subreddit | Members | Posts / month | Member growth, 12 mo | Median author age | Women | Posts with a reply | New-account posts removed | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | r/creepy↗All things creepy! | 14.8M | 1,584 | 0% | 29 | 23% | 47% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 2 | r/oddlyterrifying↗A place for pictures and videos that are not the ordinary type of terrifying, but *oddly* terrifying. | 2.64M | 293 | +2% | 29 | 27% | 91% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 3 | r/TIHI↗A spider in your bed? A seafood aspic? Third degree burns? Thanks, I Hate It | 1.67M | 58 | +1% | 27 | 25% | 45% | 100% | Yes |
| 4 | r/creepypasta↗A subreddit for fans of Creepypasta stories and more. | 939K | 1,244 | +4% | 24 | 38% | 35% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 5 | r/creepyPMs↗A place for people to share the strange and disturbing PMs they get from all over the internet. **We encourage all kinds of posts from mildly off-putting to slightly weird to downright scary.** | 787K | 236 | +1% | 25 | 45% | 98% | 99% | Yes |
| 6 | r/creepyencounters↗new-account friendlyThis sub is for creepy, human-to-human encounters where you weren't actually in any immediate, life-threatening danger, but that sufficiently creeped you out enough to share. | 698K | 249 | +3% | 29 | 67% | 83% | 16% | No |
| 7 | r/ScarySigns↗Signs that stop you in your tracks | 440K | 32 | +1% | 28 | 31% | 80% | – | Yes |
| 8 | r/Unexplained↗The Unexplained - A place to discuss unexplained paranormal phenomena. | 405K | 513 | +27% | 37 | 38% | 65% | 62% | Yes |
| 9 | r/Humanoidencounters↗If you have ever had an encounter with a humanoid being, this is the place to post it. Have you been abducted by "aliens?" Have you bumped into a Sasquatch? Been chased out of the woods by something o | 359K | 63 | +1% | 30 | 36% | 79% | – | Yes |
| 10 | r/Scary↗Welcome to r/scary, a place for the creepiest, scariest, and most unsettling content on Reddit. | 254K | 50 | +4% | 26 | 33% | 18% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 11 | r/ImaginaryHorrors↗Paintings and drawings with a horror theme. If it is scary, it is welcome here. | 184K | 231 | +6% | 27 | 22% | 42% | 80% | Yes |
| 12 | r/HairRaising↗Share your hair-raising content and do your worst to make this community's skin crawl and heart race. Dive into a world of chilling videos, real scary stories, and unsettling images. Sleep is overrate | 138K | 118 | +3% | 35 | 37% | 71% | 79% | Yes |
| 13 | r/Horror_stories↗Subreddit for Horror Stories | 135K | 149 | +3% | 23 | 38% | 6% | 87% | Yes |
| 14 | r/truecreepy↗A place for the "truly" creepy. | 126K | 76 | +4% | 30 | 38% | 42% | – | Yes |
| 15 | r/mildlyterrifying↗Come across something in your life that freaked you out? Something scary enough to increase your heart rate, or grow half a goosebump? Share your shudder-inducing content with us! | 125K | 87 | +1% | 29 | 36% | 70% | – | Yes |
| 16 | r/zombies↗/r/Zombies' raison de la mort is to host submissions regarding gatherings, movies, books, music, theater, speculative science, games, and more featuring the flesh (and/or brain) eating dead. | 117K | 279 | +6% | 30 | 21% | 78% | 76% | Yes |
| 17 | r/TrueScaryStories↗A community to share your true, scary story. Could be paranormal, crime related, or anything else that made the hair on the back of your neck stand up. | 117K | 404 | +14% | 28 | 58% | 24% | 51% | No |
| 18 | r/uncannyvalley↗Uncanny Valley is a term for the relationship between the human-like appearance of a robotic/unhuman object and the emotional response it evokes. We are a variety community - from articles, videos, | 93K | 66 | – | 27 | 41% | 100% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 19 | r/trypophobia↗A community where users share and discuss content related to trypophobia, the aversion to irregular clusters of small holes or bumps. | 93K | 169 | +4% | 27 | 38% | 98% | – | No |
| 20 | r/BackwoodsCreepy↗BackwoodsCreepy is a subreddit specifically for scary stories that take place in wilderness, and wherein wilderness plays a significant role in the story. Stories should be true accounts. (Honor syste | 92K | 50 | +7% | 36 | 59% | 51% | – | No |
| 21 | r/badtaxidermy↗Welcome to r/badtaxidermy! The place for, well you guessed it: bad, weird, wacky, interesting and derpy taxidermy. | 89K | 35 | +4% | 29 | 47% | – | – | No |
| 22 | r/weirdcore↗READ THE WIKI HERE: https://aesthetics.fandom.com/wiki/Weirdcore OR JOIN THE DISCORD HERE: https://discord.gg/yUDDbUbygm | 82K | 163 | +7% | 19 | 34% | 7% | 98% | Yes |
| 23 | r/TheBackrooms↗new-account friendlyA role-playing subreddit where users pretend to be lost in The Backrooms, and make posts asking for information and for help. | 77K | 87 | +6% | 20 | 23% | 68% | 9% | Yes |
| 24 | r/LiminalReality↗new-account friendlyPictures that are strangely familiar but uncomfortable and give you an indescribable feeling | 70K | 132 | +4% | 23 | 30% | 28% | 10% | Yes |
| 25 | r/analog_horror↗new-account friendlyWelcome to the internet's largest analog horror community! This community is dedicated to the subgenre of horror known as "analog horror". Analog horror specializes in horror that's shown through the | 69K | 483 | +16% | 21 | 27% | 29% | 9% | Yes |
| 26 | r/analoghorror↗Analog Horror is a horror genre that involves, or utilizes the aesthetics of, analog media, such as VHS, CRT TVs, and other pre-digital media. This sub is dedicated to the discussion, sharing, and cri | 66K | 792 | +25% | 20 | 28% | 55% | 66% | Yes |
| 27 | r/CrawlerSightings↗Crawler is a commonly-seen cryptid with pale skin, long-limbs, and a tall, thin body. They are generally seen around 8 feet tall if standing. There are stories of this creature all throughout America, | 63K | 50 | +5% | 32 | 39% | 76% | – | Yes |
| 28 | r/creepyvideos↗Scary and Creepy Videos | 51K | 96 | +13% | 28 | 22% | 100% | 60% | Yes |
| 29 | r/TrevorHenderson↗For creepy images created by Trevor Henderson and OC art in a similar style | 47K | 399 | +8% | 18 | 23% | 49% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 30 | r/Paranormal_Evidence↗new-account friendlyThis is a place where our group, Soul Searching, wants to explore real paranormal evidence from anyone including both amateur and seasoned investigators. We want to read about your personal experienc | 30K | 90 | +11% | 34 | 40% | 30% | 12% | Yes |
Show all 48 subreddits
| # | Subreddit | Members | Posts / month | Member growth, 12 mo | Median author age | Women | Posts with a reply | New-account posts removed | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | r/CreepyPastas↗new-account friendlyr/CreepyPastas is a hub for finding and sharing original creepypasta stories, narrations, images, and short films. | 30K | 222 | +20% | 21 | 36% | 24% | 8% | Yes |
| 32 | r/Fazbearfandom↗new-account friendlyIN-UNIVERSE RP Subreddit for enthusiasts of Fazbear Entertainment, a Utah-based company who owns a chain of pizzatainment restaurants with animatronic characters. People can discuss the company, the | 26K | 295 | +144% | 19 | 27% | 92% | 2% | Yes |
| 33 | r/TrueBackrooms↗Backrooms: disquieting, empty, monotonous rooms that somehow feel familiar and nostalgic. Sort of like cursed images, but with a focus on rooms. This is a subreddit for discussion of the Backrooms and | 25K | 67 | +16% | 21 | 23% | 20% | – | Yes |
| 34 | r/Nightmares↗A place for discussing your nightmares. | 24K | 381 | +14% | 22 | 51% | 100% | 60% | Yes |
| 35 | r/DarkTales↗new-account friendlyBecause sometimes it's just best to let the demented children inside run free. | 21K | 245 | +10% | 29 | 43% | 16% | 15% | Yes |
| 36 | r/spooky_stories↗new-account friendlySpooky Story archive | 20K | 43 | +16% | 28 | 46% | 16% | 12% | Yes |
| 37 | r/MrNightmare↗Welcome to the fan subreddit dedicated to Mr. Nightmare! Mr. Nightmare is a horror YouTuber that's been on the air since 2014 and has gained over 6 million subscribers. This subreddit was the finder | 19K | 80 | +16% | 22 | 32% | 67% | 27% | Yes |
| 38 | r/stayawake↗new-account friendlyHerein you may read and write the things that keep you up at night. | 17K | 187 | +12% | 27 | 42% | 19% | 9% | Yes |
| 39 | r/nosleepfinder↗This subreddit was created for help in finding stories that were on /r/nosleep. If you need help finding a story you read once, but don't remember the title, post here and we'll do what we can | 14K | 32 | +8% | 25 | 51% | 52% | – | No |
| 40 | r/folkhorror↗A place to discuss and share anything related to the Folk Horror tradition. | 14K | 72 | +27% | 37 | 37% | 43% | 67% | Yes |
| 41 | r/UnnervingImages↗This subreddit is for unnerving images and images that make your skin crawl. Sharing other people’s art is good if you credit them in the comments Sub image by Trevor Henderson | 13K | 37 | +3% | 18 | 20% | – | – | Yes |
| 42 | r/mrcreeps↗Everybody loves a good scary story, but what if some of those stories turn out to be true? I narrate creepypastas along with true scary stories. Perfect for those late nights and rainy days. Sit back | 12K | 31 | +20% | 22 | 27% | – | – | Yes |
| 43 | r/HatMan↗The Hat Man is a commonly seen shadow person all around the world: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_person | 12K | 32 | +8% | 28 | 48% | – | – | Yes |
| 44 | r/MrCreepyPasta↗A Place for Fans of the MrCreepyPasta Youtube channel and all Fans of CreepyPasta to enjoy themselves and share interesting stories and videos together. | 6.2K | 31 | +5% | 24 | 31% | 34% | – | Yes |
| 45 | r/TheDarkGathering↗This Subreddit is a place for the Community around "The Dark Somnium" To meet, post scary stories, work together and inspire each other. | 6K | 73 | – | 24 | 25% | 41% | – | Yes |
| 46 | r/DoctorNowhere↗new-account friendlyA community centered around Doctor Nowheres content. Now with 1k members! | 4.9K | 118 | +50% | 17 | 29% | 57% | 3% | Yes |
| 47 | r/Iconpasta↗The subreddit for "Creepypasta icon" stories, artwork, and more. Jeff, Toby, Clockwork, and more - even Original Characters. | 4.9K | 69 | – | 20 | 43% | 41% | – | Yes |
| 48 | r/wetspecimens↗Help on making quality wets and a place to show them off. Quick facts: Ethanol/methanol are proper preservation liquid, isopropyl is NOT, and should only be used for long term storage. In an emergenc | 3K | 34 | – | 24 | 75% | 68% | – | Yes |
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How this list is built
Subreddits are grouped into topics by what their posts are about; this list holds the creepy group. We include subreddits that are safe for work and had at least 30 new posts in September 2026, about one a day.
Members is Reddit's subscriber count; growth compares it with a year earlier. Posts with a reply is the share of posts that got at least one comment over the last three months. Median author age and women are estimated from what authors say about themselves, and shown only when enough of them did. New-account posts removed is the share of posts from accounts younger than 7 days that were removed; communities at or below 17% are marked new-account friendly. Min. age/karma means the subreddit asks for a minimum account age or karma before you can post.
The list is rebuilt every month from public Reddit posts and comments. Data and CSV are free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with a link to this page.
Creepy subreddits: common questions
What is the biggest creepy subreddit?
r/creepy, with 14.8M members in September 2026. Next are r/oddlyterrifying (2.64M) and r/TIHI (1.67M).
Which creepy subreddits are the most active?
By posts in September 2026: r/creepy (1,584 posts), r/creepypasta (1,244 posts) and r/analoghorror (792 posts).
Which creepy subreddits can a new account post in?
r/creepyencounters (16% of new-account posts removed), r/TheBackrooms (9% of new-account posts removed) and r/LiminalReality (10% of new-account posts removed). They ask for no minimum karma or account age, and most posts from accounts under a week old stay up.
How often is this list updated?
Every month, when we rebuild our subreddit data. This version uses data for September 2026. Member counts come from Reddit; activity, removals and who writes come from public Reddit posts and comments.
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