About r/LiminalSpace
In its own words:
"A liminal space is the time between the 'what was' and the 'next.' It is a place of transition, waiting, and not knowing. Liminal space is where all transformation takes place, if we learn to wait and let it form us."
Community guide
r/LiminalSpace (#908, about 1.2 million) shares transitional, empty, in-between places—the “what was” and “next”—as images and videos, with a hard ban on people, creatures, text edits and AI-generated content.
What belongs
Truly liminal scenes (about 100 posts/day; image/gallery heavy). Rules: must be liminal; no spam/reposts; no ads; no people/creatures/edited text; no low-effort; no AI; no NSFW/off-topic.
Versus creepy or architecture porn rooms
Horror creepypasta wants narrative dread; architecture porn wants designed beauty. LiminalSpace wants transitional emptiness without figures or AI fabrications.
Practical pointers
Crop out people and watermarks; do not upload AI scenes.
The community was created on Aug 14, 2019, which makes it 7 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 2,307 subscribers (+0.20%). It sits just behind r/futurama (#906) and ahead of r/xboxinsiders (#908) in our ranking.
What sets r/LiminalSpace apart
r/LiminalSpace is far more image-driven than most big subreddits: 70% of its recent posts are images, against a median of 22% across the Top 100. r/LiminalSpace is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 3.0 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 13.0. For its size it is unusually busy: about 85.2 new posts a day per million members, more than 95% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 1.43% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 96% of the Top 100.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/LiminalSpace grew from 1,156,555 to 1,173,055 subscribers (+16.5K, +1.43%). That is about 324 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/LiminalSpace this week
What the community upvoted most over the last seven days, as ranked by Reddit (collected Nov 8, 2026).
- Exploring and caught a trippy photo from the fourth flooru/cyclopscat0 · Nov 5 · image
- I made this video in blenderu/WabuDesign · Nov 1 · video
- Walking home from worku/Fashmike · Nov 2 · image
- Captured in Chinau/moon_burger · Nov 4 · image
- Drawn on Ms Paintu/Lazy_Side_6830 · Nov 3 · gallery
- Rest Stopu/b-dizl · Nov 4 · image
- A random place in an Egyptian hotelu/TheVinsant · Nov 7 · image
- The anime land of the lustrous always felt very liminal to meu/kpop_shinee · Nov 5 · gallery
- Weird space under the Calgary Toweru/Impressive_Can_123 · Nov 3 · gallery
- Trail in the Angeles mountainsu/armorlol · Nov 4 · video
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/LiminalSpace, from 2020 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- McDonald’s New “Play Place” for Children. Two screens/two chairsu/Finkenn · Mar 7, 2025 · image
- Nebraska.u/MuhMuhManRay · Jun 26, 2026 · image
- Edge of Suburbiau/Icharectus · Nov 26, 2024 · image
- My girlfriend works in a bingo hall and sent me thisu/snecko · Nov 7, 2021 · 26,220 points · 331 comments · image
- my apartment stairwell windowu/HuckleberryOk7696 · Aug 15, 2025 · image
- this picture of moment valley always felt liminalu/No_Restaurant_8638 · May 11, 2022 · 22,410 points · 271 comments · image
- This area in my school courtyard always gives me such a weird feeling when I walk alone in itu/Cws3457 · Nov 11, 2021 · 23,543 points · 597 comments · image
- Abandoned Corporate Parku/legendtripped · Apr 27, 2026 · gallery
- underground bunker built at the height of the Cold War meant to emulate normal suburban life in Americau/edencliff · Oct 26, 2021 · 22,850 points · 705 comments · gallery
- Accidentally pressed the wrong button on an elevator and was taken to some weird semi abandoned underground hall.u/Which-Crab-638 · Nov 17, 2024 · gallery
What r/LiminalSpace talks about
We read the titles of 630 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “liminal”, “mall”, “station”, “hallway” and “room”. Other frequent themes are hotel, place, walk, night, photo and empty. Recurring phrases include “movie theater”, “train station”, “south korea” and “haeundae station”. By format, 70% are images, 24% are galleries and 4% are videos.
Popular post flairs: Classic Liminal (438), Eerie/Uncanny (118), Edited/Fake/CG (47), Discussion (11), Video Game (9), Pop Culture (7).
Activity and best time to post
r/LiminalSpace gets about 100 new posts a day. The public archive holds 402,149 posts and 1,211,831 comments in total, about 3.0 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (113 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (50). Posting peaks around 21:00 UTC and is lowest around 07:00 UTC.
Rules of r/LiminalSpace
The moderators of r/LiminalSpace list 8 rules. In short:
- Be respectful.
- Posts must be liminal.
- No spam or reposts.
- No advertisement or self-promotion.
- No people, creatures, or edited texts in images.
- No low-effort/low-quality posts.
- No AI-generated content.
- No off-topic or NSFW content.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/LiminalSpace 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/LiminalSpace have?
r/LiminalSpace has 1,173,055 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #907 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 16,500 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How old is r/LiminalSpace?
r/LiminalSpace was created on Aug 14, 2019, so it has been around for 7 years.
How active is r/LiminalSpace?
Very active: r/LiminalSpace gets about 100 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 402,149 posts and 1,211,831 comments. In a sample of 630 recent posts we counted 473 different authors.
When is r/LiminalSpace most active?
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 21:00 UTC, with the fewest around 07:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/LiminalSpace about?
The community describes itself as: “"A liminal space is the time between the 'what was' and the 'next.' It is a place of transition, waiting, and not knowing. Liminal space is where all transformation takes place, if we learn to wait and let it form us."” Recent post titles often mention liminal, mall, station, hallway and room. Most posts are images (70%).
Is r/LiminalSpace safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/LiminalSpace as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/LiminalSpace?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/LiminalSpace accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “Be respectful.”; “Posts must be liminal.”; “No spam or reposts.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/LiminalSpace?
Communities with similar topics include r/space (28M).
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/LiminalSpace.