About r/HobbyDrama
In its own words:
The most interesting subreddit about things you're not interested in. Come here for writeups about drama in various hobbies, interests, and fandoms over the years.
Community guide
r/HobbyDrama (#718, about 1.5 million subscribers) — The most interesting subreddit about things you're not interested in. Come here for writeups about drama in various hobbies, interests, and fandoms over the years. A recent sample averaged 0.9 posts a day (~100% text). Its public rules include: Follow all site-wide rules and reddiquette; Do not insult or attack other users; Posts must be hobby related; Sources must be provided if possible. And do not post, link to, or ask for personal information.; Drama must have concluded at least 14 days prior to post.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Low-effort or empty shitposts are often removed—add context that fits the purpose. Match posts to: Follow all site-wide rules and reddiquette; Do not insult or attack other users; Posts must be hobby related; Sources must be provided if possible. And do not post, link to, or ask for personal information.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community. The public rule list is long enough that skimming all entries once beats assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change. Search before reposting common clips or questions. Common flairs include: Long, Short, Extra Long, Hobby Scuffles.
The community was created on Jun 6, 2018, which makes it 8 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 307 subscribers (+0.02%). It sits just behind r/IDontWorkHereLady (#717) and ahead of r/thenetherlands (#719) in our ranking.
What sets r/HobbyDrama apart
Posts here spark a lot of conversation: the archive averages 123.0 comments per post, roughly 9.4× the typical big subreddit (13.0). Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 0.6 new posts a day per million members, which puts it in the quietest fifth of the Top 100. A good post has less competition here.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/HobbyDrama went up from 1,468,507 to 1,476,675 subscribers (+8.2K, +0.56%). That is about 160 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/HobbyDrama this week
The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Nov 7, 2026).
- [Minecraft SMPs] How a SMP creator's pseudo-cult fell apart in a week: the AvidMC unravelingsu/Groenboys · Nov 2 · text post
- [VIDEO GAMES] The Ballad Of Chris-Evan-Micheal-Cassidy-Norman-Gregory-Garret-Dave; or, the many different names of the protagonist of FNAF 4 and why people fought over it for so longu/StepWorth3167 · Nov 5 · text post
- [Hobby Scuffles] Week of 02 November 2026u/EnclavedMicrostate · Nov 2 · text post
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/HobbyDrama, from 2020 to 2023, ranked by Reddit.
- [Comedy] How to piss off everyone you've ever met so badly that they can't even be bothered to insult you: the roast of Chevy Chaseu/EquivalentInflation · Sep 21, 2022 · 12,958 points · 1,183 comments · text post
- [World of Warcraft]: How Blizzard's new lizard broke a 10 year old loot system, started an in-game genocide, and sparked a player war in their first 48 hours of release.Dec 1, 2022 · 10,934 points · 580 comments · text post
- [Harry Potter Fandom] JK Rowling and the TERFed Childu/EquivalentInflation · Jun 4, 2022 · 10,383 points · 1,978 comments · text post
- [Ejection Systems] "What does this thing actually do?!"u/ACES_II · Jan 31, 2021 · text post
- [Independent Comic Books] The Cerebus Effect: How one of the most acclaimed comic books in the industry lost 80% of its audience with a bizarre rant about feminismu/IHad360K_KarmaDammit · Feb 16, 2021 · text post
- [Home Crafting] When a company tried to make a bunch of stay at home moms pay rent to use a machine they already own during a global pandemicu/benmacklemost · Apr 8, 2021 · text post
- [Books] The Boyne in the Striped Pajamas: How a bestselling author got into a Twitter slapfight with the Auschwitz Museum and put Legend of Zelda monsters in his serious historical novel because he t…u/IHad360K_KarmaDammit · Oct 30, 2022 · 6,335 points · 533 comments · text post
- [Video Game] Creatures, or how the US Navy genetically engineered an animal to only feel pain.u/SplurgyA · Apr 24, 2021 · text post
- [Web Media] Critical Role and Orion Acaba: How to get kicked out of what is now Twitch's most successful channel so hard, people don't even know you were part of the showu/GoneRampant1 · Oct 10, 2021 · 8,037 points · 1,000 comments · text post
- [Reality TV] The rise and fall of To Catch a Predator, and how Chris Hansen scammed fans and completely ruined his reputationu/PlsNope · Dec 7, 2022 · 5,260 points · 301 comments · text post
Activity and best time to post
r/HobbyDrama gets about 0.9 new posts a day. The public archive holds 7,278 posts and 895,506 comments in total, about 123.0 comments per post.
Rules of r/HobbyDrama
The moderators of r/HobbyDrama list 12 rules. In short:
- Follow all site-wide rules and reddiquette
- Do not insult or attack other users
- Posts must be hobby related
- Sources must be provided if possible. And do not post, link to, or ask for personal information.
- Drama must have concluded at least 14 days prior to post
- Consequences must be detailed
- No validation-seeking or awfulbrag posts
- No low-effort posts / No reposts
- Influencer / YouTuber / Reddit drama
- Flair non-drama posts as Hobby History
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama 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 subscribers does r/HobbyDrama have?
r/HobbyDrama has 1,476,675 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #718 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 8,168 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
When was r/HobbyDrama created?
r/HobbyDrama was created on Jun 6, 2018, so it has been around for 8 years.
Is r/HobbyDrama still active?
Moderately: r/HobbyDrama gets about 0.9 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 7,278 posts and 895,506 comments.
What kind of posts are on r/HobbyDrama?
The community describes itself as: “The most interesting subreddit about things you're not interested in. Come here for writeups about drama in various hobbies, interests, and fandoms over the years.”
Is r/HobbyDrama SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/HobbyDrama as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/HobbyDrama?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/HobbyDrama accepts text posts only, with galleries enabled. It has 12 posted rules, starting with: “Follow all site-wide rules and reddiquette”; “Do not insult or attack other users”; “Posts must be hobby related”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/HobbyDrama?
Communities with similar topics include r/Damnthatsinteresting (20.7M), r/interesting (2.2M) and r/mildlyinteresting (25.5M).
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/HobbyDrama.