About r/BeAmazed
In its own words:
A place to find and share things which are amazing in a positive way.
The community was created on Jan 26, 2015, which makes it 11 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 12,543 subscribers (+0.13%). It sits just behind r/AdviceAnimals (#80) and ahead of r/cats (#82) in our ranking.
What sets r/BeAmazed apart
r/BeAmazed is far more video-driven than most big subreddits: 68% of its recent posts are videos, against a median of 7% across the Top 100. It is a discussion-heavy community, with about 35.0 comments per post over its lifetime versus a Top 100 median of 16.2. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.44% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 92% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (14:00 UTC) sees about 3.2× as many posts as the quietest (02:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/BeAmazed went up from 9,618,540 to 9,660,607 subscribers (+42.1K, +0.44%). That is about 1,052 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Top posts on r/BeAmazed this week
This week’s highest-ranked posts, in Reddit’s own order (collected Oct 30, 2026).
- Terry Crews drawing Sofía Vergara is oddly satisfying to watchu/Diligent-Plan8951 · Oct 24 · video
- ‘Bringing you love’ this halloweenu/Deep-Ad-6867 · Oct 24 · video
- Time Lapse of Pregnancyu/No-Razzmatazz6225 · Oct 28 · video
- Guardian dog wakes up after watching over the goats all nightu/Separate_Finance_183 · Oct 26 · video
- A few of the hundreds of little passengers we've flown over the years, each an orphan in need of a helping hand and a second chance at life.u/Key_Performer_3645 · Oct 25 · video
- Argentinian reporter stops live broadcast to save a dog being swept away by flood watersu/Separate_Finance_183 · Oct 29 · video
- The backwards progression of cgi needs to be studied, this was 18 years agou/TobiGalem · Oct 27 · video
- Firefox brings back some of the classic memes in their new commercialu/pototoykomaliit · Oct 26 · video
- My childhood dreamu/WeatherOk7562 · Oct 25 · video
- Great jobu/Highlevelofdef · Oct 26 · image
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/BeAmazed, from 2024 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- My 3 year old son just beat Stage 4 Cancer!u/JDLoxx · Mar 7, 2025 · image
- A guy came to a shelter to choose a cat, but the cat chose him firstu/garagaragaraa · Jan 21, 2025 · video
- A birthday he'll never forget 🎂🏎️u/Soloflow786 · Feb 19, 2025 · video
- Two dudes in 2003, unaware they were making a legendary songu/Individual_Book9133 · Jan 23, 2025 · video
- In case you ever thought that they had smooth skin.u/MobileAerie9918 · May 25, 2026 · video
- The University of Kyoto in Japan allows students to wear anything they want for their Graduation ceremonyu/OddDig7809 · Jan 26, 2025 · gallery
- Zookeeper Got a Thorn... and the Monkey Became the Doctor 🐒🩹💛u/Soloflow786 · May 20, 2025 · video
- Turkish artist merges two opposite reality into one powerful imageu/NastyNice1 · Mar 7, 2026 · gallery
- This elderly man taking care of his elderly dogu/Prior_Republic_950 · Apr 22, 2025 · video
- Kicked the racism right out of their big fat headsu/BizzyBunnyBee · Jan 16, 2025 · image
What r/BeAmazed talks about
Looking at the titles of 580 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “world”, “amazing”, “life”, “tree” and “moment”. Other frequent themes are dog, nature, sea, art, man and video. Recurring phrases include “fire extinguisher”, “upper gauley”, “gauley riverboard” and “south korean”. By format, 68% are videos, 22% are images and 9% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: Animal (154), Miscellaneous / Others (88), Nature (77), Skill / Talent (69), Art (44), History (38).
Activity and best time to post
r/BeAmazed gets about 85 new posts a day. The public archive holds 321,812 posts and 11,266,486 comments in total, about 35.0 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Thursday (94 posts) and the quietest was Sunday (83). Posting peaks around 14:00 UTC and is lowest around 02:00 UTC.
Rules of r/BeAmazed
The moderators of r/BeAmazed list 5 rules. In short:
- Post Appropriate Content
- No Porn, Gore or Very Disturbing Content
- No War or Politics related posts
- No Misleading Content
- Don’t be rude to others
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/BeAmazed and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How many members does r/BeAmazed have?
r/BeAmazed has 9,660,607 subscribers (Oct 29, 2026), which makes it the #81 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 42,067 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.
How old is r/BeAmazed?
r/BeAmazed was created on Jan 26, 2015, so it has been around for 11 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Jan 28, 2015.
How active is r/BeAmazed?
Very active: r/BeAmazed gets about 85 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 321,812 posts and 11,266,486 comments. In a sample of 580 recent posts we counted 364 different authors.
When is r/BeAmazed most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026, the busiest day was Thursday and the quietest Sunday, and most posts arrive around 14:00 UTC, with the fewest around 02:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/BeAmazed about?
The community describes itself as: “A place to find and share things which are amazing in a positive way.” Recent post titles often mention world, amazing, life, tree and moment. Most posts are videos (68%).
Is r/BeAmazed safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/BeAmazed as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/BeAmazed?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/BeAmazed accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts), with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 5 posted rules, starting with: “Post Appropriate Content”; “No Porn, Gore or Very Disturbing Content”; “No War or Politics related posts”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/BeAmazed?
Communities with similar topics include r/Showerthoughts (34.2M), r/UpliftingNews (20.5M), r/interestingasfuck (16.9M), r/nextfuckinglevel (10.5M) and r/MadeMeSmile (12.7M).
Stats from public data (data updated Oct 29, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Oct 29, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/BeAmazed.