About r/LivestreamFail
In its own words:
The place for all things livestreaming.
Community guide
r/LivestreamFail (#175, about 5.1 million) collects notable livestream fails and moments. The place for all things livestreaming. Rules: Harassment: Civility; Harassment: Death & Violence; Harassment: Discrimination; Harassment: Unsourced Allegations; Harassment: Speculation; Harassment: Out of Context Content; Quality: Duplicate Submissions; Quality: Title Guidelines; Quality: Old News; Spam: Engagement Manipulation Sample ~51 ppd.
Fit
Livestream fail clips and discussion under the sub’s civility/repost/NSFW rules.
Practical pointers
Follow collected rules; not a general gaming newsroom.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jun 7, 2015, which makes it 11 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 9,627 subscribers (+0.19%). It sits just behind r/trippinthroughtime (#174) and ahead of r/careerguidance (#176) in our ranking.
What sets r/LivestreamFail apart
Compared with other large communities, r/LivestreamFail leans heavily on videos (62% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 4%). It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 1.08% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 97% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (21:00 UTC) sees about 5.5× as many posts as the quietest (05:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/LivestreamFail went up from 5,016,085 to 5,070,100 subscribers (+54K, +1.08%). That is about 1,228 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/LivestreamFail talks about
Looking at the titles of 336 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “streamer”, “stream”, “asmongold”, “destiny” and “hasan”. Other frequent themes are halloween, live, game, kick, twitch and ethan. Recurring phrases include “ethan klein”, “kick streamer”, “kai cenat” and “ice poseidon”. By format, 62% are videos, 38% are links and 0% are text posts.
Popular post flairs: Funny:lul: (83), Drama:dFace: (55), :twitch: (55), Actual Fail:DuckerZ: (34), :kick: (30), News:PepoG: (19).
Activity and best time to post
r/LivestreamFail gets about 51 new posts a day. The public archive holds 706,287 posts and 16,753,258 comments in total, about 23.7 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Wednesday (56 posts) and the quietest was Friday (41). Posting peaks around 21:00 UTC and is lowest around 05:00 UTC.
Rules of r/LivestreamFail
The moderators of r/LivestreamFail list 15 rules. In short:
- Harassment: Civility
- Harassment: Death & Violence
- Harassment: Discrimination
- Harassment: Unsourced Allegations
- Harassment: Speculation
- Harassment: Out of Context Content
- Quality: Duplicate Submissions
- Quality: Title Guidelines
- Quality: Old News
- Spam: Engagement Manipulation
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/LivestreamFail 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/LivestreamFail have?
r/LivestreamFail has 5,070,100 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #175 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 54,015 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/LivestreamFail?
r/LivestreamFail was created on Jun 7, 2015, so it has been around for 11 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Jul 7, 2015.
How active is r/LivestreamFail?
Very active: r/LivestreamFail gets about 51 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 706,287 posts and 16,753,258 comments. In a sample of 336 recent posts we counted 215 different authors.
When is r/LivestreamFail most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Wednesday and the quietest Friday, and most posts arrive around 21:00 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 is r/LivestreamFail about?
The community describes itself as: “The place for all things livestreaming.” Recent post titles often mention streamer, stream, asmongold, destiny and hasan. Most posts are videos (62%).
Is r/LivestreamFail safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/LivestreamFail as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/LivestreamFail?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/LivestreamFail accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts). It has 15 posted rules, starting with: “Harassment: Civility”; “Harassment: Death & Violence”; “Harassment: Discrimination”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/LivestreamFail?
Communities with similar topics include r/starterpacks (6.5M), r/WatchPeopleDieInside (8.2M), r/ModernWarfareII (5.3M), r/Eldenring (4.9M) and r/marvelstudios (4.9M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026). 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/LivestreamFail.