About r/KDRAMA
In its own words:
Welcome! This is a place for discussions about your favorite Korean dramas (current and past), drama reviews, official soundtracks, news, award shows and more. Be sure to check out our sidebar for helpful info and resources!
Community guide
r/KDRAMA (#926, about 1.2 million) discusses Korean dramas—current and classic—reviews, OSTs and news, while sending recommendation requests to r/kdramarecommends.
What belongs
K-drama discussion (about 12 posts/day). Rules: kindness; K-drama relevance; no rec requests here; no unverified gossip; no illegal streams; meaningful posts; spoiler tags; follow on-air thread rules; Tuesdays (KST) for creations.
Versus kdramarecommends
That sister room exists specifically for “what should I watch?” Asks. KDRAMA keeps episodic and news discussion cleaner.
Practical pointers
Use spoiler tags; never link illegal streams; post recs next door.
The community was created on May 10, 2010, which makes it 16 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 545 subscribers (+0.05%). It sits just behind r/xbox (#925) and ahead of r/nursing (#927) in our ranking.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/KDRAMA went up from 1,146,295 to 1,149,603 subscribers (+3.3K, +0.29%). That is about 65 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/KDRAMA this week
The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Nov 8, 2026).
- SBS 'Nine to Six' Main Poster [Premieres November 25]u/perochan · Nov 3 · image
- tvN Announces December Premiere Date For “Signal” Season 2u/Telos07 · Nov 6 · link
- SBS 'Good Partner 2' Group Poster [Premieres November 20]u/perochan · Nov 6 · gallery
- Netflix 'The Blue Road' Main Poster [Premieres November 20]u/perochan · Nov 5 · gallery
- The Remarried Empress [Episodes 1-4]u/meepmochi_ · Nov 3 · text post
- [Resident Playbook] POV: leads think they have a secret relationshipu/IChoseMyOwnUsername · Nov 2 · image
- Shin Min Ah, Lee Jin Uk, And Yoo Teo Confirmed For New Romance Dramau/Telos07 · Nov 5 · link
- Love In Disguise [Episodes 5 & 6]u/meepmochi_ · Nov 2 · text post
- TVING 'The Substitute' Main Poster [Premieres November 23]u/perochan · Nov 2 · gallery
- 100 Days of Deception [Episodes 9 & 10]u/Telos07 · Nov 7 · text post
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/KDRAMA, from 2020 to 2025, ranked by Reddit.
- Shin Min Ah And Kim Woo Bin Announce Marriage After Dating For 10 Yearsu/Telos07 · Nov 20, 2025 · link
- Connection between character's traits and hairstyle in k-dramasu/ILoveParrots111 · Aug 3, 2021 · 3,116 points · 148 comments · image
- Made this for the ahjumma line!u/Josieyy · Jul 28, 2020 · image
- Netflix 'When Life Gives You Tangerines' Teaser Poster [IU, Park Bo Gum; Premieres March 7]u/perochan · Jan 23, 2025 · image
- Actors Hyun Bin, Son Ye-jin to tie the knot | Yonhap News Agencyu/J-Midori · Feb 10, 2022 · 2,587 points · 255 comments · link
- This exchange from It's Okay To Not Be Okayu/dankestexid · Jul 20, 2020 · image
- There are two kinds of second female leads:u/IChoseMyOwnUsername · Mar 5, 2024 · image
- How to make attractive men even more attractive: expose the foreheadu/iwantbubbleteanowpls · Oct 13, 2020 · image
- My portrait study of the gorgeous actor Lee Dong Wooku/kaorumap · Dec 15, 2020 · image
- “Queen Of Tears” Finale Overtakes “Crash Landing On You” To Achieve Highest Drama Ratings In tvN Historyu/katsuge · Apr 28, 2024 · link
What r/KDRAMA talks about
Across 95 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “november”, “premieres”, “love”, “episodes” and “poster”. Other frequent themes are main, episode, job, ama, celebrity and chef. Recurring phrases include “premieres november”, “poster premieres”, “celebrity chef” and “chef judy”. By format, 56% are text posts, 23% are images and 9% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: Preview/Teaser (18), Discussion (14), News (7), Weekly Post (5), FFA Thread (5), Review (4).
Activity and best time to post
r/KDRAMA gets about 12 new posts a day. The public archive holds 107,430 posts and 1,803,397 comments in total, about 16.8 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Monday (18 posts) and the quietest was Sunday (9). Posting peaks around 04:00 UTC and is lowest around 11:00 UTC.
Rules of r/KDRAMA
The moderators of r/KDRAMA list 10 rules. In short:
- Be kind to each other!
- All content should relate to Korean dramas.
- No recommendation requests here, use r/kdramarecommends!
- Do not share unverified news/rumors/blind items/gossip.
- Do not link or mention illegal streaming sources!
- Contribute in a meaningful way, no low effort or low quality posts.
- Use spoiler tags!
- On-Air Discussions Available
- Follow our On-Air Rules
- On Tuesdays (KST) we share our creations!
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/KDRAMA 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/KDRAMA?
r/KDRAMA has 1,149,603 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #926 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 3,308 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How old is r/KDRAMA?
r/KDRAMA was created on May 10, 2010, so it has been around for 16 years.
How active is r/KDRAMA?
Moderately: r/KDRAMA gets about 12 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 107,430 posts and 1,803,397 comments. In a sample of 95 recent posts we counted 44 different authors.
When is r/KDRAMA most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Monday and the quietest Sunday, and most posts arrive around 04:00 UTC, with the fewest around 11:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/KDRAMA about?
The community describes itself as: “Welcome! This is a place for discussions about your favorite Korean dramas (current and past), drama reviews, official soundtracks, news, award shows and more. Be sure to check out our sidebar for helpful info and resou…” Recent post titles often mention november, premieres, love, episodes and poster. Most posts are text posts (56%).
Is r/KDRAMA safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/KDRAMA as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/KDRAMA?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/KDRAMA accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 10 posted rules, starting with: “Be kind to each other!”; “All content should relate to Korean dramas.”; “No recommendation requests here, use r/kdramarecommends!”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/KDRAMA?
Communities with similar topics include r/resumes (1.3M), r/DestinyTheGame (3.4M), r/rnb (1.6M), r/weddingplanning (1.6M) and r/TravelHacks (5.8M).
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/KDRAMA.