About r/Ghosts
In its own words:
Focus - Articles of evidence and discussions on ghosts and the paranormal. 🚨- IMPORTANT - 🚨 Posting fake or frivolous photos/videos *will* result in a ban. SELF-PROMOTION IS PROHIBITED NO ORBS Be civil! Moderators reserve the right to moderate posts and comments based on their suitability for this sub. Language: English.
Community guide
r/Ghosts (#920, about 1.2 million) focuses on evidence-minded ghost and paranormal discussion—fake or frivolous media risks bans, self-promo is prohibited, and “no orbs” is called out in the public description.
What belongs
Encounters, camera catches, and evidence talk (about 17 posts/day). Extensive rules cover image/video/story standards, EVPs, privacy, no politics, no dream analysis, no sagas, no NSFW, anti-trolling, and anti-self-promo.
Versus Paranormal and HighStrangeness
Those broaden into wider unexplained topics. Ghosts stays on apparitions/evidence with stricter fake-content enforcement.
Practical pointers
Don’t post orb-only fluff or self-promo reels; keep politics and dream diaries out.
The community was created on Jul 6, 2009, which makes it 17 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 5,095 subscribers (+0.44%). Among the 10 communities on our paranormal list it is number 4 by size. It sits just behind r/whatcouldgoright (#915) and ahead of r/chinesefood (#917) in our ranking.
What sets r/Ghosts apart
It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.93% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 89% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (15:00 UTC) sees about 10.0× as many posts as the quietest (05:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/Ghosts went up from 1,150,369 to 1,161,079 subscribers (+10.7K, +0.93%). That is about 210 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/Ghosts this week
The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Nov 8, 2026).
- Apologies if this has been shared before, but this is really interesting - a possible supernatural experience caught on TVu/Emotional-Ad9728 · Nov 6 · video
- Very weird experience with front door while gone today…u/guxximane · Nov 5 · video
- What are some of the most Haunted Towns in America?u/Slenderman717 · Nov 1 · text post
- Was at my grandparents house when I experienced some creepy stuff. PLEASE ACTUALLY READ POSTu/WeirdlyAwakward · Nov 2 · gallery
- My aunt have take this photograph on october 31 (not a troll) and she want some helpu/AirInner1493 · Nov 2 · image
- My mum caught a picture of a ghost on her phone yesterday morning. The same night she saw my grandma outside (grandads mum) and I heard her call my name while I was falling asleep.u/Amy7ann · Nov 6 · image
- Ghosts and babies - my son saw and interacted with a Ghost.u/ROSIESARCH · Nov 4 · text post
- Paranormal: caught on camera is ragebaitu/sloppyjons · Nov 3 · text post
- What if ghosts are just terrified and confused?u/Queasy-Mongoose-4889 · Nov 6 · text post
- I think my house is haunted and not sure what to dou/Complex-Archer-853 · Nov 1 · text post
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/Ghosts, from 2019 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- Is there a "ghost" behind the child in the corner?u/-PorzinGOD- · Apr 2, 2025 · gallery
- A friend of mine sent me this picture from his group of friends in Chileu/CursedEmoji · Sep 20, 2024 · image
- So uh.. My mom just sent this to me from her security camera.u/GabberFlasm · Dec 18, 2023 · video
- After hearing taps and noises from my kitchen I take a photo and see this.u/OopySpoopyMan · Dec 5, 2020 · image
- This was about a year ago. I do security at a hospital. The chair was on the other side of the hallway on my first patrol, and on my second patrol this is what i had found. This is really the only ti…u/stalker_thezone · Jun 1, 2019 · 5,296 points · 330 comments · video
- What do you see here? I'm on a work trip and scared to go back homeu/unicorn-onesie · Nov 3, 2023 · video
- My late father showing up in my second daughter’s ultrasoundu/shantelmarie3989 · Nov 20, 2019 · 4,612 points · 273 comments · image
- My cat used to do this to my downstairs bathroom. She died in November. I live alone.u/otc108 · May 2, 2022 · 5,266 points · 314 comments · image
- this video is not mine but i want to share itu/Daniel-alexis2038 · Dec 26, 2024 · video
- My buddy got an alert on his home security cam. Mansfield, Mau/grandslammer0891 · Aug 31, 2020 · video
What r/Ghosts talks about
Across 112 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “ghost”, “experience”, “haunted”, “paranormal” and “camera”. Other frequent themes are house, halloween, caught, real, weird and room. Recurring phrases include “ring camera”, “paranormal experiences”, “cell phone” and “spirit communication”. By format, 43% are text posts, 15% are images and 15% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: Personal Encounter (17), What Do You Think? (13), Is this paranormal? (7), Caught on Camera (7), Captured Apparition (5), Paranormal Community [Discussion] (3).
Activity and best time to post
r/Ghosts gets about 17 new posts a day. The public archive holds 70,820 posts and 1,279,456 comments in total, about 18.1 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (23 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (5). Posting peaks around 15:00 UTC and is lowest around 05:00 UTC.
Rules of r/Ghosts
The moderators of r/Ghosts list 15 rules. In short:
- Images
- Videos
- Stories and Articles
- Self promotion and spamming
- Hate Posting/Trolling
- Cross posting
- EVPs
- Low Effort Posts
- Privacy
- Post links
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/Ghosts 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 big is r/Ghosts?
r/Ghosts has 1,161,079 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #916 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 10,710 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
When was r/Ghosts created?
r/Ghosts was created on Jul 6, 2009, so it has been around for 17 years.
Is r/Ghosts still active?
Yes. r/Ghosts gets about 17 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 70,820 posts and 1,279,456 comments. In a sample of 112 recent posts we counted 102 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/Ghosts?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 15:00 UTC, with the fewest around 05:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/Ghosts?
The community describes itself as: “Focus - Articles of evidence and discussions on ghosts and the paranormal. 🚨- IMPORTANT - 🚨 Posting fake or frivolous photos/videos *will* result in a ban. SELF-PROMOTION IS PROHIBITED NO ORBS Be civil! Moderators res…” Recent post titles often mention ghost, experience, haunted, paranormal and camera. Most posts are text posts (43%).
Is r/Ghosts SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/Ghosts as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/Ghosts?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/Ghosts accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 15 posted rules, starting with: “Images”; “Videos”; “Stories and Articles”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/Ghosts?
Communities with similar topics include r/Paranormal (2.3M), r/PhotoshopRequest (2.4M), r/UnresolvedMysteries (4.5M), r/UFOs (4.2M) and r/javascript (2.5M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 9, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 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/Ghosts.