About r/IdiotsFightingThings
In its own words:
A subreddit for videos, gifs, pictures, etc... of people fighting inanimate objects.
Community guide
r/IdiotsFightingThings (#873, about 1.2 million subscribers) — A subreddit for videos, gifs, pictures, etc.. of people fighting inanimate objects. A recent sample averaged 0.7 posts a day (~67% video, ~25% link, ~8% image). Its public rules include: Not relevant/No idiot fighting things; Death; Racism/Bigotry.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Match posts to: Not relevant/No idiot fighting things; Death; Racism/Bigotry.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change. Common flairs include: Removed: Frequent Repost.
The community was created on Jun 27, 2013, which makes it 13 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 573 subscribers (+0.05%). It sits just behind r/weirddalle (#872) and ahead of r/SkincareAddicts (#874) in our ranking.
What sets r/IdiotsFightingThings apart
Posts here spark a lot of conversation: the archive averages 31.3 comments per post, roughly 2.4× 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/IdiotsFightingThings grew from 1,215,864 to 1,217,109 subscribers (+1.2K, +0.10%). That is about 24 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/IdiotsFightingThings this week
This week’s highest-ranked posts, in Reddit’s own order (collected Nov 8, 2026).
- freakout on the airplaneu/Natural-Angle6662 · Nov 6 · video
- Scrappin in Costco !u/crimefaces · Nov 7 · video
- Old lady tosses bullies bag off budu/Natural-Angle6662 · Nov 4 · link
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/IdiotsFightingThings, from 2017 to 2022, ranked by Reddit.
- Fell off the police truck? Preserve your dignity by pepper-spraying the air.u/5_Frog_Margin · Jul 3, 2020 · image
- Segway Roundupu/bsurfn2day · Aug 10, 2018 · 35,991 points · 851 comments · image
- Come over here and fight me nachos!u/woahmod · Oct 4, 2017 · 30,000 points · 1,125 comments · image
- Attacking the police station with a baseball batu/Scaulbylausis · Feb 17, 2018 · 29,910 points · 1,312 comments · image
- Stay upright you bitch.u/allentertainment2 · Jan 15, 2018 · 24,997 points · 418 comments · image
- When you lost your keys but really want to go to bedu/SlimJones123 · Jan 17, 2018 · 19,912 points · 1,024 comments · video
- First Cybertruck being pulled overu/St0pX · Dec 29, 2019 · 20,947 points · 749 comments · image
- Couch vs Cocaineu/doyouthinkiamugly · Aug 31, 2019 · 19,320 points · 1,431 comments · video
- trying to hit a carJan 2, 2019 · 20,276 points · 412 comments · image
- Vlc fight backu/suebelisle · Oct 14, 2022 · 2,121 points · 17 comments · video
Activity and best time to post
r/IdiotsFightingThings gets about 0.7 new posts a day. The public archive holds 25,910 posts and 810,174 comments in total, about 31.3 comments per post.
Rules of r/IdiotsFightingThings
The moderators of r/IdiotsFightingThings list 3 rules. In short:
- Not relevant/No idiot fighting things
- Death
- Racism/Bigotry
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/IdiotsFightingThings 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/IdiotsFightingThings have?
r/IdiotsFightingThings has 1,217,109 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #873 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 1,245 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How old is r/IdiotsFightingThings?
r/IdiotsFightingThings was created on Jun 27, 2013, so it has been around for 13 years.
How active is r/IdiotsFightingThings?
Moderately: r/IdiotsFightingThings gets about 0.7 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 25,910 posts and 810,174 comments.
What is r/IdiotsFightingThings about?
The community describes itself as: “A subreddit for videos, gifs, pictures, etc... of people fighting inanimate objects.” Recent post titles often mention come, single, caught and human.
Is r/IdiotsFightingThings safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/IdiotsFightingThings as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/IdiotsFightingThings?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/IdiotsFightingThings accepts both text and link posts, with images, galleries and polls enabled. It has 3 posted rules, starting with: “Not relevant/No idiot fighting things”; “Death”; “Racism/Bigotry”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/IdiotsFightingThings?
Communities with similar topics include r/IdiotsInCars (4.1M), r/Pareidolia (1.2M) and r/videos (26.9M).
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/IdiotsFightingThings.